United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON – A Pawtucket, R.I. man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges related to a violent kidnapping and witness retaliation and intimidation scheme. Anthony Basilici, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more...

ORLANDO , Fla . –David Torres-Velez (48, Davenport) has been sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Torres-Velez had pleaded guilty on April 20, 2022. According to court documents, Torres-Velez was involved in multiple kilogram-level cocaine transactions over the course of 2020...

OCALA, Fla. – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Brody Kies (39, Webster) pleaded guilty to a four-count indictment charging him with possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm as a convicted...

BRADFORD, Vt. - Amy J. Vickers, 44, of Bradford, Vermont was arrested today on a complaint charging her with obtaining controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced. According to the complaint, on June 17, 2022, Vickers was working as a nurse at...

BOSTON – A former Somerville man was sentenced on Aug. 4, 2022 in federal court in Boston for his role in a cross-country methamphetamine conspiracy and illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition. Antonio Gribaudo, a/k/a “Tony,” 41, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr. to...

STAMFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two Stamford residents who manufactured and distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl analogues were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport. ARBER ISAKU, 32, was sentenced to 51 months...

BOSTON – A Peabody man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for participating in a conspiracy that distributed fentanyl and drugs laced with fentanyl. Francisco Tavarez, a/k/a “Jose,” 25, was sentenced by U.S District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 21 months in prison and three years of...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE ANGEL SUAREZ, 39, of Veja Baja, Puerto Rico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised...

BOSTON – A drug distributor within a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) has pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine and cocaine base. Phillip Williams, 38, of Brighton, pleaded guilty on Aug. 8, 2022 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. District Court...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS CIURO, 37, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics...