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Cops Bust Suspected Crack Dealer In Webster: Police Cops Bust Suspected Crack Dealer In Webster: Police
Cops Bust Suspected Crack Dealer In Webster: Police Police in Western Massachusetts arrested a man they say was selling crack after seeing a suspected drug deal go down.  Christopher Cedeno, 36, of Putnam, Connecticut, is charged with unlicensed operation and distribution of a Class B substance, Webster police said.  A Webster police detective saw Cedeno take part in a suspected drug deal on Friday, April 14, on Granite Street, authorities said. Officers pulled him over in a CVS parking lot on East Main Street and arrested him when he didn't have a driver's license valid in Massachusetts.  As officers booked Cedeno into …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
CT Wife, Mom Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison On Drug Charges: Feds CT Wife, Mom Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison On Drug Charges: Feds
CT Wife, Mom Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison On Drug Charges: Feds The wife of an accused drug dealer and mother of a convicted drug dealer will spend the next two years in prison after she admitted to selling drugs for her husband after he was arrested, federal prosecutors in Connecticut announced on Wednesday, Feb. 1.  Maria Maldonado, age 50, of Hartford, pleaded guilty to drug charges last year, the US Attorney for Connecticut said. She is out on a $75,000 bond and must report to prison on March 1.  Trouble for Maldonado began in 2021 when the DEA raided her and her husband's home and found 13,000 wax folds of fentanyl, more than 300 loose gr…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Massachusetts Post Office Manager Admits To Stealing Packages Of Cocaine: Feds Massachusetts Post Office Manager Admits To Stealing Packages Of Cocaine: Feds
Massachusetts Post Office Manager Admits To Stealing Packages Of Cocaine: Feds A 43-year-old Worcester post office manager pleaded guilty last month in federal court to stealing packages at least eight times that contained cocaine so he could sell the drugs, the Department of Justice announced.  Kevin Dombroski of Worcester admitted to one count of mail theft by a US Postal Service employee on Aug. 30, the US Attorney's Office said. A federal judge will sentence him in January. Dombroski said he stole packages between eight to 10 times that were mailed from Puerto Rico to Worcester that he thought had drugs inside. He would take the parcels into a private ro…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Details Emerge In Case Of Missing Hudson Valley Woman Found Dead Details Emerge In Case Of Missing Hudson Valley Woman Found Dead
Details Emerge In Case Of Missing Hudson Valley Woman Found Dead New details have emerged in the case of a missing New York woman found dead in North Carolina. An accused drug dealer in the Hudson Valley has been arrested for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and for traveling and using facilities of interstate commerce to operate a narcotics business enterprise, and murdering the woman who he believed was stealing from that business, federal authorities in New York announced. The filing of a criminal complaint in Westchester County, at White Plains Federal Court on Friday, April 22, charges Putnam County resident …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Son Gets 13 Years In Prison For Selling Fatal Drug-Dose; Father Pleads Not Guilty Son Gets 13 Years In Prison For Selling Fatal Drug-Dose; Father Pleads Not Guilty
Son Gets 13 Years In Prison For Selling Fatal Drug-Dose; Father Pleads Not Guilty A city man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in an alleged father-son drug dealing team that sold a lethal dose of fentanyl in Massachusetts. On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Anthony Baez, 32, of Fitchburg, was sentenced to 156 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman. Baez had pleaded guilty to a raft of drug dealing charges in July, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts. The investigation that led to Baez’s sentence began in September 2018 following a fatal overdose in the Fitchburg area. Law enforcement l…

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by Kristin Palpini
News
Manager Who Tried Using Drug-Dealing Profits To Start A Restaurant, Sentenced Manager Who Tried Using Drug-Dealing Profits To Start A Restaurant, Sentenced
Manager Who Tried Using Drug-Dealing Profits To Start A Restaurant, Sentenced A restaurant manager has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for trying to use drug-sale profits to open a Worcester restaurant. Joseph Herman, 37, was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 20, by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 22 months in prison and one year of supervised release, according to the U.S. States Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts. He will also forfeit an undetermined amount of money in the future. Herman was the last of three defendants charged in connection with the money-laundering scheme to be sentenced. Herman admitted to a plan to use profits generated by h…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Killer Who Tried To Hide 2018 Crime With Fire Pleads Guilty In Northampton Killer Who Tried To Hide 2018 Crime With Fire Pleads Guilty In Northampton
Killer Who Tried To Hide 2018 Crime With Fire Pleads Guilty In Northampton A Northampton man has admitted to killing an acquaintance and trying to hide the crime with fire. Nerkin Morales, 24, of Northampton, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Sept. 15, to voluntary manslaughter, improper disposition of a body, burning personal property, intimidation of a witness, withholding evidence from a criminal proceeding, two counts of conspiracy, and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Morales confessed to the March 2018 killing of Daniel Cruz. He was sentenced to 15-20 years in prison, the DA said. Morales is currently serv…

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by Kristin Palpini
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'I Was Ready To Murder' Springfield FBI Mob Informant With 'Hot Mic' In Trouble 'I Was Ready To Murder' Springfield FBI Mob Informant With 'Hot Mic' In Trouble
'I Was Ready To Murder' Springfield FBI Mob Informant With 'Hot Mic' In Trouble A mob informant for the FBI has gotten himself into trouble after he accidentally recorded himself allegedly talking about taking over Springfield, drug dealing, and murdering his rivals. The informant, who is not named in court documents, had been wearing a wire to get dirt on Anthony Scibelli, who is allegedly involved in illegal loans. Scibelli, of Springfield, is facing a charge that he allegedly violated U.S. laws on collection and extension of credit by extortionate means. The charges were filed in 2019. On Tuesday, Aug. 17, a court motion of discovery filed by Scibelli’s lawyers see…

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by Kristin Palpini