BOSTON –A Southbridge man has been sentenced in federal court in Worcester for conspiring to distribute cocaine in Central Massachusetts. Luis Sastre Pagan, 37, of Puerto Rico and formally of Southbridge, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to eight years in prison, to be followed by...

BOSTON – A Boston man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for felony narcotics charges. Michael Lagasse, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun to time-served (approximately 10 months) followed by three years of supervised release. The government recommended a sentence of 40 months...

BOSTON – A Las Vegas man, formerly of Northborough, Mass., pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, 2026 in federal court in Worcester for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of anabolic steroids and methamphetamine. The defendant also pleaded guilty to firearms charges. Mark Taslakian, 52...

STAMFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMION BAKER, also known as “Ray Ray,” 46, of Stamford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 162 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for...

NEW LONDON, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS OLIVER-GARCIA, also known as “Bebo,” 36, of New London, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release...

CONCORD, N.H. – Matthew Schnell, 45, of Bellingham, Massachusetts was sentenced in federal court by U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe to 71 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release for trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Schnell pleaded guilty in May 2025 to one...

HARTFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIE REDD, 45, of Naugatuck, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release, for his role in a Waterbury-area...

HARTFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE BARET, 35, of Hartford has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley to 84 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for trafficking narcotics. According to court documents and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who worked as a drug runner for a transnational narcotics trafficking organization pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island to methamphetamine and fentanyl charges. Kyle Lemay, 20, pleaded guilty conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute...

BOSTON – A member of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, was sentenced in federal court in Boston for drug conspiracy charges. Dominique Carpenter-Grady, a/k/a “8 Zipp,” a/k/a “Eight,” “a/k/a “Eighty,” 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 12 months and one day in prison, to be...