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Cranston Man Admits to Large Scale Production of Meth and Fentanyl-Laced Pills

July 16, 2025
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Cranston man admitted to a federal judge that he produced, possessed, and/or delivered thousands of methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced fake Adderall pills, and that he was in possession of significant quantities of methamphetamine pills and powder and a quantity of fentanyl powder at the time of his...
July 16, 2025
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Leader of Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than 8 Years in Federal Prison

July 14, 2025
CONCORD, N.h. – A Boston man has been sentenced in federal court in Concord in connection with a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in New Hampshire, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Juan Ramon Soto Baez, 55, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott...
July 14, 2025
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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 52 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Drugs while in Possession of an Illegal Firearm

July 14, 2025
CONCORD, N.H. – A Manchester man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute as well as possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Eddie Veilleux, age 58, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge...
July 14, 2025
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Wake County Illegal Alien Sentenced to More Than 10 Years for Drug and Gun Convictions

July 14, 2025
RALEIGH, N.C. – Daniel Oswaldo Santos-Soto, age 25, was sentenced to 130 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Santos-Soto pleaded guilty to the charges on April 14, 2025. According to court records and evidence...
July 14, 2025
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Providence Man Admits to Trafficking Methamphetamine

July 14, 2025
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man has been convicted for a second time on federal methamphetamine trafficking charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom. David Vasbinder, 40, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to a charge of possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or...
July 14, 2025
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Former New Haven Resident Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics

July 14, 2025
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that JOSHUWA DIAZ, 34, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics. According...
July 14, 2025
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Manchester Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking More Than a Kilogram of Fentanyl

July 14, 2025
CONCORD, N.h. – A Manchester man has been sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking offenses, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Davis announces. Stephen Stangle, 60, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe to 120 months in federal prison and 5 years of supervised release. In March 2025...
July 14, 2025
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Salem Man Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison For Drug Conspiracy And Possession Charges

July 14, 2025
BOSTON – A Salem, Massachusetts man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his participation in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine and laundered the proceeds. Gino Castillo, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District...
July 14, 2025
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Defendants Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine in Middle Georgia

July 10, 2025
MACON, Ga. – Four defendants involved in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy in Macon responsible for pushing kilogram quantities of the illegal drug into the community were sentenced to federal prison today for their crimes. Denzelle Diangelo Willis, 34, of Macon, was sentenced to serve 278 months in prison to be...
July 10, 2025
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Gastonia Pharmacist Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

July 09, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cole Dixon Moore, 36, of Moore, South Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison for illegally distributing oxycodone pills, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jae W. Chung, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Field Division of...
July 09, 2025
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