United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CONCORD, N.H. – A Northfield woman has pleaded guilty in federal court for diverting fentanyl from an ICU patient at Concord Hospital, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Lisa Richardson, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of Tampering with Consumer Products. U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty scheduled sentencing for...

Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISRAEL MENDOZA, also known as “D-Nice” and “Israel Mandosa,” 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent...

BOSTON – A Boston man has pleaded guilty to his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Charod Taylor, a/k/a “Pachino,” 35, of Boston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise (commonly referred to as RICO conspiracy) and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. U.S. Senior District Court...

BOSTON – A mother and son were sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Javier Bello, a/k/a “Javi,” 29, of Beverly, Mass. was sentenced by U.S. District...

BOSTON – A member of a large-scale criminal enterprise has been convicted after a four-day trial for distributing large amounts of cocaine throughout Eastern and Western Massachusetts. Vicente Gonzalez, 51, of Chicopee, was convicted on Oct. 3, 2024 of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent...

STAMFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DELROY ANDERSON, also known as “Max,” 57, formerly of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 13 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JERRARD SANTIAGO, 44, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for narcotics...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on September 12, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Theodore Bland, 29, of Stowe, Vermont, with conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, possession of cocaine base and fentanyl with intent to...

BOSTON – The leader of a nationwide drug trafficking ring has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. During the investigation over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number, two loaded Smith & Wesson handguns and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition...

EAST HAVEN - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England; and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that a federal grand jury...