BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that JIMMY ARCE, also known as “Boe,” “Slim,” and “Jimbo,” 42, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of...

CONCORD, N.H. – A citizen of the Dominican Republic, who previously lived in Massachusetts, has been sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Eddy Mendez Carmona, 44, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Court Judge Samantha Elliott to 28 months in federal...

BOSTON – A Cambridge, Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with an ongoing investigation of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Over the course of the past four years, the defendant is alleged to have been responsible for the manufacturing of over 200 kilograms...

BOSTON – A Rhode Island man was sentenced on Jan. 7, 2026 in federal court in Boston for drug possession and distribution charges. Star Sirikhom, 39, of R.I., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to two years in prison, to be followed by five years...

WASHINGTON – This week the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration released the established aggregate production quotas (APQ) for schedule I and II controlled substances and assessment of annual needs (AAN) for the list I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine for 2026. “DEA is committed to ensuring that patients can access the...

BOSTON – An associate of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug conspiracy charges. Mark Linnehan, 26, of West Roxbury, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Dominican man pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Starlin Alexander Valdez De Los Santos, 35, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord to one count of conspiracy to distribute more than...

BOSTON – A Fall River man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug distribution resulting in the death of a minor, as well as multiple other charges filed this week associated with his sale of drugs, machineguns and firearm parts on the Telegram app. Benjamin Hunt, 27...

BOSTON – A Lawrence man has been charged in a seven-count indictment for allegedly distributing thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl. Randy Recinos, 31, was indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of distribution of methamphetamine, including three counts alleging 50 grams or more; two counts...

BOSTON – A Byfield man pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine. James Adams, a/k/a “Jimmy,” 43, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with...