BOSTON – A Fall River, Massachusetts man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for drug distribution resulting in the death of a minor, as well as multiple other charges associated with his sale of drugs, machineguns and firearm parts on the Telegram app. Benjamin Hunt, 27, was sentenced...

BUFFALO, N.Y.– Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam and Northern District of New York U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Rodney Pierce, 38, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Drug Enforcement Administration New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam and Western District of New York U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Ruben Medina, 20, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more methamphetamine, was...

Special Agent in Charge of the New York Task Force Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Christopher Roberts, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the unsealing of a...

NORWALK, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KIMBERLY DELACRUZ, also known as “K,” 31, of Norwalk, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment and 18 months of supervised release for her...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Drug Enforcement Administration New York Task Force Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly, and USPIS Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the New York Division, announced that several co-conspirators were indicted on conspiracy and drug possession charges for...

BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Leonardo Lara, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. In October 2025, Lara was convicted by...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn.- David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEMUEL VEGA-GOMEZ, 26, of New Britain, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine. According to court...

BOSTON – A Cambridge, Mass. man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with an investigation of large-scale manufacturing of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Defendant communicated directly with illegal chemical supplier in China. Schuyler Oppenheimer, a/k/a “SK,” a/k/a “Michael Sylvain,” 35, was sentenced by U.S...

STAMFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIC RIETTIE, also known as “Gambino” and “Lil E,” 27 of Stamford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release...