United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON – Two men were convicted today by a federal jury in Boston for operating a large-scale international fentanyl trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. Fermin Castillo, 43, of Boston, and Andre Heraux Martinez, 24, of the Dominican Republic, were convicted following a seven-day jury trial of conspiracy to distribute over...

BOSTON – A Worcester man was sentenced on May 17, 2023 for distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Johanny Torres-Rojas, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In December 2022, Torres-Rojas pleaded guilty to two counts of...

CONCORD, N.H. – A former Jefferson man was sentenced today in federal court for possessing eight firearms and 600 rounds of ammunition as a prohibited person, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Hunter Ramsay, 29, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty to 72 months in prison...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEISSON AMARANTE-PEREZ, 30, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 45 months of imprisonment for trafficking fentanyl and heroin. According to court documents and...

BOSTON – Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with a traffic stop in Littleton on March 29, 2023, that resulted in the seizure of 20 kilograms of cocaine. Cornelio Hernandez, 51, of Fort Worth, Texas; and Erasmo Lira-Mendez, 38, a citizen of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Dominican National, who has resided in both Rhode Island and New Jersey, today admitted to a federal court judge in Providence that he participated in a drug trafficking conspiracy that trafficked cocaine into Rhode Island via the U.S. Postal Service, announced United States Attorney Zachary A...

WATERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LANDDY RODRIGUEZ, also known as “Oso,” 37, of Waterbury, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release...

CONCORD, N.H. – A former Plaistow man was sentenced today in federal court for his intent to traffic more than 2 pounds of cocaine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced. Corey Buckley, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante to 37 months in prison...

WALLINGFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER LISCIO, 40, of Wallingford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 251 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for child sexual exploitation and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A thirty-eight-year-old Warwick woman today admitted to a federal judge that she participated in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine during which, on at least ten occasions, she sold crystal meth to others, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. According to information presented to the court, between...