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Co-Conspirators Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

August 20, 2024
BOSTON – Two men have been sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Christopher Nagle, 30, of Revere and Isaac Clayton, 77, of Lynn were sentenced by...
August 20, 2024
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Wife Of Large-Scale Drug Trafficker Sentenced For Money Laundering Conspiracy

August 20, 2024
BOSTON – A California woman has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for her role in a money laundering conspiracy involving proceeds of methamphetamine and marijuana distribution. The defendant laundered over $200,000 of her husband’s drug proceeds. In total, over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an...
August 20, 2024
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Member of Violent New Haven Gang Sentenced to 84 Months in Federal Prison

August 20, 2024
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - SAMUEL DOUGLAS, also known as “Blamm,” 25, of New Haven, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in a violent New Haven street gang. Today’s...
August 20, 2024
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Lynn Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

August 20, 2024
BOSTON – A Lynn man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Christopher Tejeda, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Dennis F...
August 20, 2024
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Brockton Woman Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Gun Charges

August 14, 2024
BOSTON – Member of a nationwide drug trafficking ring has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. Throughout the investigation over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number, two loaded Smith & Wesson handguns, and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition were...
August 14, 2024
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Mexican National Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

August 14, 2024
NORWALK, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE DE JESUS VEGA-CERVANTES, 45, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 48 months of imprisonment trafficking fentanyl. According to...
August 14, 2024
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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charge

August 07, 2024
HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced ANTHONY SANTOS, also known as “A-1,” 36, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to unlawful possession of firearms by a felo n. According to court documents and...
August 07, 2024
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Lynn Man Sentenced For Counterfeit Pill Trafficking Conspiracy

August 06, 2024
BOSTON – A Lynn man was sentenced today in federal court for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization that distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Nelson Mora, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to...
August 06, 2024
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After-Market Firearm Accessory Manufacturer and Distributor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Distribution of Firearm Silencers

August 02, 2024
BOSTON – A New Hampshire company has agreed to plead guilty to charges that it violated the National Firearms Act (NFA) by distributing interoperable components for firearm silencers. KBC Capital, LLC d/b/a “Lethal Eye” has agreed to plead guilty to 26 counts of transferring a firearm in violation of the...
August 02, 2024
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Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Role In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

August 02, 2024
BOSTON – A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to his role in a fentanyl trafficking organization involved in the manufacturing and distribution of tens of thousands of fentanyl pills that spanned across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina. Jasdrual...
August 02, 2024
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