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Member of Brockton-Based Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison

March 11, 2022
BOSTON – The member of a violent Brockton-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. Lutherson Bonheur, a/k/a “Boogs,” 29, of Brockton, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 19 years in...
March 11, 2022
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Pittsfield Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison in Multi-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

March 11, 2022
BOSTON – A Pittsfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed multiple drugs in the Brockton area. Edward Chapman, 54, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 11 years in prison and eight years...
March 11, 2022
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Two Plead Guilty in Methamphetamine Conspiracy

March 09, 2022
BOSTON – Two drug traffickers pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. William Velez, 40, of Boston, and Mark Daileanes, 53, of Litchfield, N.H., pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute...
March 09, 2022
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Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years for Murder, Role in Courthouse Shooting and Other Violence

March 09, 2022
Bridgeport, CT - Tyiese Warren, also known as “Loose Screw,” 21, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 480 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for murder and other violent crimes he committed as a member of a...
March 09, 2022
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Barre Couple Charged in Federal Court with Drug and Gun Crimes

March 08, 2022
Barre, VT - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that David Tom, 37, and Tiffany Fisk, 32, who are married and both of Barre, Vermont, were arrested yesterday. A federal grand jury had previously charged Tom with unlawfully possessing a firearm as...
March 08, 2022
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Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced to more than 17 Years in Prison for Role in Courthouse Shooting

March 07, 2022
NEW HAVEN, CT. - Marquis Isreal, also known as “Garf” or “Gbaby,” 25, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 210 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for racketeering offenses related to his participation in a gang-related shooting in...
March 07, 2022
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New Haven Man Charged with Federal Drug and Gun Offenses

March 03, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Maurice Menafee, also known as “Mo,” 32, of New Haven, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with drug and firearm offenses. Menafee appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert...
March 03, 2022
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Six Arrested in Multi-Jurisdictional Fentanyl Takedown

February 25, 2022
BOSTON – Six individuals from Maine and Massachusetts were arrested yesterday in connection with their roles in an alleged fentanyl trafficking organization with activity that spanned across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Randell Starlin Medina Rodriguez, 26, of Andover; Williams Colon Sanchez, 26, of Lawrence; Douglas Morris, 31, of Bangor...
February 25, 2022
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Crystal Meth Trafficker Sentenced 5 Years in Federal Prison

February 25, 2022
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ALEJANDRO CASTILLO, 42, a citizen of Belize last residing in Los Angeles, California, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised...
February 25, 2022
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Man Indicted for Trafficking Over 220 Pounds of Methamphetamine

February 24, 2022
PHOENIX - Jose Eleno Luna-Arellanes aka Carlos Luna Arellanes has been indicted on one count Conspiracy, one count of Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, and one count of Sale or Transportation for Sale of Dangerous Drugs (methamphetamine). According to the indictment, Luna-Arellanes is accused of being part of a drug trafficking...
February 24, 2022
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