BOSTON ? A Springfield man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Springfield to an Information charging him with three firearms offenses. Benjamin Hunter-Blake, 25, pleaded guilty to one count each of felon in possession of firearm and ammunition, unlawful possession of machinegun, and...

BOSTON ? A previously convicted felon was sentenced on March 29, 2024, for illegally possessing ammunition in connection with a January shooting in a residential neighborhood of Everett. Luis Rivera, 26, of Medford, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to five years in...

BOSTON ? A man identified as a member/associate of the Heath Street Gang pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to possession with intent to distribute cocaine in a public housing development. Michael Van Rader, 26, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine within 1...

BOSTON ? A Maine man pleaded guilty to conspiring to straw purchase firearms in Maine and traffic the firearms to Massachusetts.? Traveyon Richardson, 26, of Bangor, Maine pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to straw purchase firearms and one count of trafficking of firearms. Chief...

BOSTON ? A Holyoke man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield in connection with a string of nine armed robberies of convenience stores across Western Massachusetts and firearms charges. Alfredo Aldeco, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery,..

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL ALMODOVAR, also known as ?Eme ElColorado,? 30, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to offenses related to his participation in a stolen...

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHELLE CRUZ, 38, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a...

Burlington, Vermont ? The United States Attorney?s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on March 21, 2024, Kewon Yarbrough, 38, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III to a term of 27 months? imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year term of...

Burlington, Vermont ? The United States Attorney?s Office stated that Marvin Byrd, 29, of Hartford, Connecticut, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring with others to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl, between March and August of 2023. Byrd was arraigned on...