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Alexander Gomes pleaded guilty today to one count of aiding and abetting the distribution of meth. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for March 14, 2018.

A Bristol County Sheriff’s Deputy was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for smuggling the profits of Carlos Rafael's over-fishing scheme to Portugal.

BOSTON — A member of the Latin Kings street gang pleaded guilty today to distributing drugs in the City of New Bedford. Jonathan Garcia, aka “Philly,” 28, of New Bedford, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine...

BOSTON – A Fairhaven man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to distributing methamphetamine. Peter Lobo, 54, pleaded guilty today to one count of distributing methamphetamine before U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper, who scheduled sentencing for Oct...

BOSTON – A Wareham man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking cocaine. Aaron Mott-Frye, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute...

BOSTON – The owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the United States pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to operating a long-running scheme through which he submitted falsified records to the federal government to evade federal fishing quotas...

After a huge win in New York District Court,prior to last season, that helped overturn his 4-game suspension for Deflategate, it seems New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady took a hit from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York today.

A Chinese man accused of conspiring to export devices to Iran that can be used in nuclear production has been brought to the United States to face charges. Sihai Cheng arrived in Boston on Friday after being arrested in Britain earlier this year...

Three friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking that their cases be tried outside of Massachusetts. The attorney for Dias Kadyrbayev filed papers in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking that his client be included in change of venue motions made previously by Azamat Tazhayakov and Robel Phillipos...

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence gangster James ``Whitey'' Bulger to two consecutive life sentences, plus five years, saying he is ``one of the most violent and despicable criminals in Boston history.'' Prosecutors made their recommendation in a sentencing memo filed in court Thursday. The...