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...

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...

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 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...

CONCORD, N.h. – A Northfield man has been sentenced in federal court for his attempt to receive two packages of methamphetamine in New Hampshire through the United States Postal Service (USPS), Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Joseph Crawford, of Northfield, age 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge...

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...

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...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on February 3, 2025, Nitin Mishra, 33, of Jaipur, India, was sentenced for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and distributing controlled substances, including the opioids Tapentadol and Tramadol, in connection with his involvement...

BOSTON – Two members of the violent Boston-area gang, Cameron Street, have been sentenced to prison for their roles as drug traffickers operating on behalf of the criminal enterprise. During the investigation, 21 firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were allegedly seized from 11 of the defendants. James Rodrigues...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jamontay Brister, 29, of Queens, New York, has been sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington to 54 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to charges that he conspired to distribute fentanyl and...