BOSTON – A Lawrence man pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Two others previously pleaded guilty for their roles in the conspiracy. Leonardo Lara, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled...

WATERBURY, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Stephen P. Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging TERRANCE JOHNSON, also...

MERIDEN, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL ACEVEDO, 42, of Meriden, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for cocaine trafficking offenses...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found WILLIE FRANCO, 36, of New Haven, guilty of narcotics trafficking and firearm possession offenses. The trial began on February 20 and the guilty...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS DeJESUS, 30, of Hartford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 132 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that a jury in Hartford has found AQUARIUS GUMBS, also known as “Q,” “Ice,” and “Diamond,” 50; GORDON LAURIA, 54; and MARKOS PAPPAS, also known as “Speedy,” 51; all of New Haven, guilty...

CONCORD, N.h. – A Dominican man has been sentenced in federal court for trafficking drugs at a public housing development in Portsmouth, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Maikol Jordan Saldivar-Diaz, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott to 30 months in federal prison and 3 years...

BOSTON – Two men have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to distribute cocaine. Erick Sandoval-Perez, 43, a Guatemalan national living in Malden, was charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Christhian Castillo, 32, also of Malden, was charged with distribution and possession with intent...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Boston man pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in New Hampshire, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Juan Ramon Soto Baez, 55, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, namely, cocaine and fentanyl. U.S...

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...