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Dominican National Indicted for Fentanyl Distribution While On Supervised Release For Drug Trafficking Conviction

June 01, 2025
BOSTON – A Dominican national residing in Lawrence has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly distributing 1,000 fentanyl pills while on federal supervised release for a prior drug trafficking conviction involving heroin and cocaine. Wagner Ismael Mejia Sanchez, a/k/a “Jose F. Rosario,” a/k/a “Jose Majimbe,”...
June 01, 2025
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Five Charged with Trafficking Narcotics in the Waterbury Area

June 01, 2025
WATERBURY, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen P. Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo have announced that ZACHARY FOSTER, also known as “Lee,” 58, of Waterbury; KEVIN...
June 01, 2025
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Three Charged with Trafficking Narcotics in the Naugatuck Valley

June 01, 2025
HARTFORD, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Anish Shukla, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Stephen P. Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced...
June 01, 2025
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New Britain Man Sentenced to 43 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotic Pills

June 01, 2025
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIK PETERSEN, 44, of New Britain, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 43 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking...
June 01, 2025
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Saugus Man Sentenced To 15 Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Firearm Offense

June 01, 2025
BOSTON – A Saugus man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for a drug conspiracy involving tens of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, pills containing fentanyl and a firearm offense. Aaron Lenardis, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 15 years in...
June 01, 2025
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Dominican National Charged With Distributing Hundreds Of Fentanyl Pills

June 01, 2025
BOSTON – A Dominican national, living in Haverhill and Methuen, Mass., has been arrested and charged for allegedly conspiring to distribute approximately 600 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. Jose Radhame Sanchez, 41, was charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. According to the...
June 01, 2025
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Revere Man Pleads Guilty To Role In International Money Laundering Organization

June 01, 2025
BOSTON – A Revere man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug proceeds for drug suppliers based in Central and/or South America and possessing over 17 kilograms of various controlled substances. Jason Hunter, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy...
June 01, 2025
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Salem Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

May 30, 2025
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Salem, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison for possessing and trafficking more than 40 pounds of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin. Rico Anthony Russell Rigutto, 46, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release. According to court documents, on December 14, 2021, as...
May 30, 2025
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Final Two Men Sentenced for Conspiracy that Seized 29 Kilos of Fentanyl

May 30, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Javaris Latrey Johnson, 37, and Thomas Anthony Perry, 33, both of York County, were sentenced to more than 12 years and eight years in federal prison, respectively, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Evidence presented to...
May 30, 2025
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Major Drug Redistributor for Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gang Sentenced to 10+ Years in Prison

May 30, 2025
Tacoma – A major redistributor for a South Sound-based drug trafficking ring that was connected to Aryan prison gangs was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 126 months in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. 46-year-old Joseph Hempel, of Burien, Washington, was a high-volume drug...
May 30, 2025
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