BOSTON – A Spencer man has been sentenced for possessing over 5.2 kilograms of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine. Jabriel Nabulsi, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to eight years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. In June 2024, Nabulsi...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STANDFORD SMITH, also known as “Pops,” 35, of Hartford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 69 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for...

BOSTON – A citizen of the Dominican Republic, who was residing at the Quality Inn Hotel in Revere, Mass., has been charged in federal court in Boston for allegedly possessing five kilograms of suspected fentanyl and an assault rifle. Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, 28, was charged by criminal complaint with one...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Roberto Coviello, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England...

NEW LONDON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRUZ J. BONILLA, 41, of New London, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to approximately 52 months of imprisonment, time already served, and six years of supervised...

MERIDEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEL CORDERO, 45, of Meriden, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 155 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl...

BOSTON – A Lowell man was taken into custody after he was discovered inside a Lowell residence and identified as a person wanted for his role in alleged drug trafficking conspiracy. Darasy Chhim, a/k/a “Mystickal,” a/k/a “Rizzus,” 39, is charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jamontay Brister, 29, of Queens, New York, has been sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington to 54 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to charges that he conspired to distribute fentanyl and...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on February 3, 2025, Nitin Mishra, 33, of Jaipur, India, was sentenced for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and distributing controlled substances, including the opioids Tapentadol and Tramadol, in connection with his involvement...

BOSTON – Two men from Jamaica have been convicted following a four-day jury trial for their involvement in a sophisticated international money laundering organization that laundered more than $6 million in drug trafficking proceeds from Colombian cartels through the United States, Caribbean and European banking systems. St. Devon Anthony Cover...