United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON – A Rhode Island man has been sentenced for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Alfredo Valdez, 45 of Providence, R.I. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 30 months in prison and three...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on May 20, 2024, Anibal Castro, Jr., 35, of Springfield, Vermont, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford to a term of 72 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year...

BOSTON – A Brooklyn man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) wherein he transported kilograms of cocaine from New York to Boston in August 2020. Dinelson Hernandez-Rodriguez, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to...

Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that yesterday, Deven Moffitt, 33, of Bennington, Vermont was convicted in U.S. District Court in Burlington of three drug and gun charges after a four-day jury trial. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss ordered that Moffitt remain in...

(PHOENIX) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Phoenix Division and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes are Huddling Up with NFL Alumni Health and Rise Up Glendale this Friday, May 17th to raise awareness and bring the community together to save lives. This community outreach and educational opportunity aims to provide...

Rutland, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on May 15, 2024, Jose Luis Maldonado, Jr., aka “Peeto,” 33, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford to a term of 87 months’ imprisonment to be followed by...

BOSTON – A Providence man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for selling oxycodone pills on multiple occasions to an undercover officer. Brandon Jones, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to six years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised...

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY THOMAS, also known as “Zig,” 51, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 125 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl...

BOSTON – A Boston-area man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a violent Boston street gang as well as gun and drug trafficking charges. Kenny Romero, a/k/a “KG,” 29, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 63 months in prison and three years of...

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMON RAMOS-ACEVEDO, 48, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 135 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his trafficking fentanyl and cocaine. According...