BOSTON – An Allston man has plead guilty in federal court in Boston to trafficking methamphetamine and 1,4-Butanediol (BDO), an analogue of Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) – more commonly known as the “date rape drug” – out of his Allston home. Peter Schiepers, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution...

BOSTON – A Dominican national residing in the Bronx, N.Y., has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in operating a fentanyl distribution hub in the Bronx that sent fentanyl laced with xylazine, a horse tranquilizer, throughout Massachusetts, Vermont and New York. Jairo Collazo, 36, was sentenced...

HARTFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JORDAN FLYTHE, also known as “T,” 33, of Hartford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 70 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARTIN ONOFRE-MENDEZ, 50, a citizen of Mexico last residing in New Haven, has pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to a cocaine trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on September 17, 2025, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging James Brown, 43, of Troy, New York, and Lionell Thompson, 40, of Manning, South Carolina, with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Manchester man was sentenced on September 9th, 2025, in federal court for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Joseph Coffey, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante to 60 months in federal prison and 3 years of...

BOSTON – Two Massachusetts men have pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to their roles in a conspiracy involving the distribution and manufacturing of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and other controlled substances. Elmidio Crisostomo, 30, of Lynnfield and David Depena, 32, of Lynn, pleaded guilty to one count each...

HARTFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSHUA ROMAN, 33, of Hartford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine...

STAMFORD, Conn. - AMIRE NEWSOME, also known as “Mire,” 22, last residing in Stamford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 180 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. Today’s announcement was made...

BOSTON – A Mexican man, and member of a Tijuana-based Sinaloa Cartel cell, was sentenced today for his role in a cocaine and money laundering conspiracy. Eber Alain Estrada Palafox, also known as “Doctor,” 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 63 months in prison...