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Brooklyn Man Sentenced To Nearly Six Years In Prison For Role In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Involving Over 50 Kilograms Of Cocaine

May 23, 2024
BOSTON – A Brooklyn man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) wherein he transported kilograms of cocaine from New York to Boston in August 2020. Dinelson Hernandez-Rodriguez, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to...
May 23, 2024
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New Haven Man on Supervised Release Charged with Distributing Methamphetamine Pills, Crack

May 23, 2024
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging DONALD OGMAN, also known as “Mainey-O” and ”Manny O,” 42, of New Haven, with methamphetamine and cocaine distribution offenses. As alleged...
May 23, 2024
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Springfield, Vermont Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Drug Conspiracy and Possession of Pipe Bomb

May 23, 2024
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on May 20, 2024, Anibal Castro, Jr., 35, of Springfield, Vermont, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford to a term of 72 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year...
May 23, 2024
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Bennington Man Convicted of Federal Gun and Drug Charges

May 17, 2024
Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that yesterday, Deven Moffitt, 33, of Bennington, Vermont was convicted in U.S. District Court in Burlington of three drug and gun charges after a four-day jury trial. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss ordered that Moffitt remain in...
May 17, 2024
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Armed Drug Trafficker from Springfield, Massachusetts Sentenced to 87 Months

May 16, 2024
Rutland, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on May 15, 2024, Jose Luis Maldonado, Jr., aka “Peeto,” 33, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford to a term of 87 months’ imprisonment to be followed by...
May 16, 2024
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Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison for Racketeering, Drug, and Firearm Offenses

May 15, 2024
BOSTON – A Boston-area man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a violent Boston street gang as well as gun and drug trafficking charges. Kenny Romero, a/k/a “KG,” 29, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 63 months in prison and three years of...
May 15, 2024
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New Britain Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine

May 14, 2024
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMON RAMOS-ACEVEDO, 48, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 135 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his trafficking fentanyl and cocaine. According...
May 14, 2024
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Career Offender Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison for Cocaine Distribution

May 10, 2024
BOSTON – A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday for possessing cocaine intended for distribution while on supervised release for a prior heroin distribution conviction. Hector Quinones, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 42 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Quinones...
May 10, 2024
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Brooklyn Man Charged with Drug Trafficking

May 09, 2024
Burlington, Vermont – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on May 2, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Christopher Williams, 42, of Brooklyn, New York, with distributing cocaine base on March 26, 2024, and possessing with the intent to...
May 09, 2024
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Six Men Charged with Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine Base and Fentanyl in Rutland

May 09, 2024
Burlington, Vermont – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on April 3, 2024, a federal grand jury returned a Second Superseding Indictment charging Eddie Melendez, 30, Reuben Melendez, 28, and Serafin Melendez, 53, of Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, Mathew Ponce, 29, and Giovanny...
May 09, 2024
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