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Latin Kings Prison Secretary Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy
A prison secretary for the Latin Kings has pled guilty to racketeering charges. Sandra “Queen Dream” Correa, 35, of Peabody was one of 62 gang members indicted in December 2019 for participation in an alleged racketeering and drug-selling conspiracy. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, Correa pled guilty to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, more commonly referred to as RICO conspiracy, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts said. Correa was a member of the Latin Kings’ Massachusetts Department of Corrections Chapter. She was a secretary with the gang,…
Police & Fire
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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'Cruel And Unusual' - Massachusetts Prisons Violate Constitution, DOJ Says
Massachusetts’ handling of inmate mental health is so poor it’s a violation of the Constitution, according to a U.S. Department of Justice investigation. The Department of Justice was particularly critical of Massachusetts' use of “restrictive housing” to treat people in the midst of a mental health crisis. Restrictive housing is otherwise known as solitary confinement, segregation or isolation for 22 hours or more per day. Justice agents allegedly found 16 incidents in which prisoners with mental health problems were kept in restrictive housing for 14 consecutive days or longer. Mas…
Police & Fire
Latin Kings 'Second In Command' Gets 18 Years In Prison
The former “second in command” leader of the Latin Kings in Massachusetts has been sentenced to 18 years in prison on drug and racketeering charges. Jorge “King G” Rodriguez, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity (RICO) conspiracy, and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts, said. On Thursday, Nov. 5, Rodriguez was sentenced to 18 years in prison plus three years of supervised release. Rodriguez was first charged with the crimes in December 2019. Rodriguez ran a vast c…