BOSTON – A Methuen man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for selling a fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl mixture to an undercover agent on five occasions. Andi Guerrero-Lara, a/k/a “Manny Sierra,” 25, was sentenced on Sept. 28, 2022 by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to seven...

CONCORD, N.H. – Kyle Goff, 28, a resident of Pembroke New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm silencer that was unregistered and did not contain a serial number, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today. According...

ORANGE, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Yale University, on behalf of Yale Medicine and the Yale Fertility Center, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government in which it will pay a total of $308,250 to...

CONCORD –Johan M. Rodriguez, 37, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was charged in a criminal complaint today, with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances, specifically, fentanyl, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Rodriguez was arrested in Dover, New Hampshire on September...

BOSTON – A former Methuen man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to his role in a Lawrence-based drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and cocaine. Pablo Rosario Pablo a/k/a “Angel Ayala Roque” a/k/a “Cuco,” 57, formerly of Methuen, pleaded guilty on Sept. 21, 2022 to one count of...

BOSTON – A Malden man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with distributing methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement officer. David Desousa, 32, pleaded guilty on Sept. 22, 2022 to one count of distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, one count of distributing five grams...

BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on September 23, 2022, Tyrish Stevenson, 48, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss to 37 months’ imprisonment and a 3-year term of supervised release for distributing cocaine...

BOSTON – The main supplier and drug distributor of two Boston-area drug trafficking organizations (DTO) was sentenced yesterday for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Kenji Drayton, 42, of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to five years in prison and four years of...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States. As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more than...

NORWALK, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that KOUDRIS POUNDER, 38, formerly of Norwalk, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing controlled...