CONCORD, N.H. – A Somersworth man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing 100 grams of fentanyl for distribution, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Antoine Valentin, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante to 96 months in federal prison and 4 years of supervised release...

BOSTON – A member of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for drug conspiracy charges. Trea Lankford, a/k/a “Montana,” a/k/a “Heffna Boss Don,” a/k/a “Tre Cain,” 34 of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to eight years in...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Warwick man has been sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for selling fentanyl-laced pills disguised as Percocet, announced United States Attorney Charles C. Calenda Preston Quintanilha, 23, was sentenced on January 20, 2026, by U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy to 36 months of...

WATERBURY, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that the following six individuals were arrested today on federal charges related to their alleged involvement in a narcotics and firearms trafficking ring: MANOLIN VARGAS D’OLON, also known as “Robelin,” 30, of Waterbury GIOVANNI BENOIT...

STAMFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SAMUEL ELIE, 49, of Stamford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 108 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release for distributing narcotics. According to court...

CONCORD, N.H. – A citizen of the Dominican Republic, who previously lived in Massachusetts, has been sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Eddy Mendez Carmona, 44, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Court Judge Samantha Elliott to 28 months in federal...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that JIMMY ARCE, also known as “Boe,” “Slim,” and “Jimbo,” 42, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of...

BRISTOL, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Bristol Police Chief Mark Morello today announced that the following 11 individuals have been charged with federal offenses stemming from a...

BOSTON – A Cambridge, Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with an ongoing investigation of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Over the course of the past four years, the defendant is alleged to have been responsible for the manufacturing of over 200 kilograms...

BOSTON – An associate of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug conspiracy charges. Mark Linnehan, 26, of West Roxbury, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing...