TORRINGTON, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL CABASSA, 48, of Torrington, plead guilty before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to a narcotics trafficking offense and also admitted that he violated the conditions of his supervised release...

STAMFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AMONDA MENDEZ, also known as “M-Dot” and “Dot,” 35, of Stamford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 150 months of imprisonment and eight years of supervised release for...

CONCORD, N.H. – Three individuals from Nashua have been charged with trafficking controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Rony Guzman-Encarnacion, 31, and Sabrina Cespedes, 27, both of Nashua, were arrested on a complaint and charged with distribution and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, as well as...

CONCORD, N.H. – Alexander German, 28, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court for fentanyl trafficking conspiracy in a case brought by New Hampshire’s Homeland Security Task Force, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. German was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty to 38 months in federal prison...

RUTLAND, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on August 27, 2026, Christopher Dezotelle, 43, most recently of Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier to a term of 72 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 4-year...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England; J. Buck Buckley, Acting Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division; and Thomas A. Greco, Special Agent...

BOSTON – A Malden man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester to conspiring to distribute cocaine. Christhian Castillo, 33, pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2026 to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 or more grams of cocaine and distribution of 500 or more...

CONCORD, N.H. – U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces that a Concord man was sentenced today in federal court for drug trafficking. Zachary Albert, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe to 37 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release. In July 2025, Albert pleaded...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on July 23, 2026, a federal grand jury indicted Angel Louis Concepcion a/k/a “Cito” (37, of McKinney, Texas), Troy McIlwain a/k/a “Breeze” (37, of St. Albans, Vermont), and David Lauderbach a/k/a “Cane” (42...

CONCORD, N.H. – Daris Rafael Melo Vittini, age 40, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced in federal court to 18 months of imprisonment followed by 1 year of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to court...