BOSTON – An associate of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for drug conspiracy charges. Mark Linnehan, 26, of West Roxbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 51 months in prison, to be followed by three years of...

BOSTON – A Southbridge man has been sentenced for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, including possessing a machinegun and cocaine intended for distribution. Miguel Lopez, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to six years in prison to be followed by five years of...

Jacksonville, Fla. – Issac Darnell Henderson (32, Jacksonville) has been charged by federal indictment with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, including more than a pound-and-a-half of fentanyl. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. The indictment also notifies Henderson that the United States intends...

Tallahassee, Florida – Forrest Alan Price, 31, of Tallahassee, Fla., has been indicted in federal court for possession with intent to distribute synthetic cathinone and five grams or more of methamphetamine, carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. John P. Heekin...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sandro Escobedo, 37, of Sacramento, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Monday for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine, and distribution of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob Beris announced...

NEW YORK - Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) Special Agent in Charge of the New York Enforcement Division, Farhana Islam, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Michael Alfonso...

NEW ORLEANS – Following a rigorous multi-agency investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Fentanyl Overdose Response Team (FORT), two individuals have been sentenced to significant prison terms for their roles in the distribution of a lethal fentanyl mixture that claimed the life of 26-year-old Dustin Banks. On April...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On March 17, 2026, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 52 gang members from the municipalities of San Juan, Morovis, and Cataño with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, possession and distribution of controlled substances, and...

A Florida woman and California man have been sentenced to 230 months and 330 months in prison, respectively, for the 2022 killing of a man in relation to a drug trafficking conspiracy. Both defendants had pleaded guilty to using a firearm to cause death and conspiring to distribute at least...

LITTLE ROCK—Tracy Daniels, who had just completed a term of supervised release after serving 39 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, is heading back to prison after a second federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. This time, Daniels...