BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - KEISHAWN DONALD, 23, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 270 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang and his murder of a rival gang member...

BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully present in the United States has pleaded guilty to trafficking thousands of fentanyl pills. Freddy Artemio Guerrero Soto, 29, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute 400...

BOSTON – A federal grand jury indicted a Dominican national for attempting to sell five pounds of methamphetamine. Edwin Tomas Arias Ubri, 27, living in Amesbury, Mass. was charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Arias Ubri is expected to be...

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JIMMY LASSUS, 40, of Wethersfield, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 100 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and...

BOSTON – A member of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug conspiracy charges. Dominique Carpenter-Grady, a/k/a “8 Zipp,” a/k/a “Eight,” “a/k/a “Eighty,” 35, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute PCP, MDMB-4en-PINACA...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSHUWA DIAZ, 34, of New Haven, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to a narcotics trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, Diaz...

BOSTON – A Rhode Island man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy responsible for the distribution of large quantities of fentanyl across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and other states. Jasdrual a/k/a Josh Perez, 36, of Cranston, R.I., was sentenced...

BOSTON – A Lowell man was taken into custody after he was discovered inside a Lowell residence and identified as a person wanted for his role in alleged drug trafficking conspiracy. Darasy Chhim, a/k/a “Mystickal,” a/k/a “Rizzus,” 39, is charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who was found in possession of nearly half of a kilo of fentanyl that he kept stored inside an apartment he shared with five other individuals, including two babies, has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary...

BOSTON – A Lawrence, Mass. woman has been sentenced to probation in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Ceferina Dominguez, 57, was sentenced by District Court Judge Angel Kelley to four years’ probation. The government recommended a sentence of...