Tag: lawrence
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, a 38-year-old from Lawrence, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for operating a clandestine drug laboratory that churned out thousands of fentanyl and methamphetamine pills. The factory, hidden in a residential basement, was a full-scale operation that posed a significant threat to the community. Rodriguez…
Brian Depena, Pandemic Loan Fraud and Money Laundering, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Lawrence, Massachusetts Mayor Brian Depena, 61, has been arrested and charged with pandemic loan fraud and money laundering. Depena allegedly defrauded over $1.5 million in COVID small-business loans to fund his campaign account, pay personal taxes, and pay off high-interest mortgages on properties he owned in Lawrence. The arrest occurred on…
Eddy Antonio Perdomo, Unlawful Reentry, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Eddy Antonio Perdomo, a 32-year-old Dominican national, has been indicted for illegally reentering the United States after being deported. Perdomo, who was living in Lawrence, Massachusetts, allegedly snuck back into the country without permission after being removed in September 2025. This isn’t Perdomo’s first run-in with the law – he previously…
Alexander German, Fentanyl Trafficking, Massachusetts 2022
⏱ 2 min read Alexander German, 28, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, played a key role in a fentanyl trafficking organization that distributed the deadly drug across New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Beginning in the fall of 2022, German served as a runner for the organization, conducting multiple hand-to-hand drug sales of fentanyl in Lawrence, Mass. The organization…
Jefry Castro, Embezzlement, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jefry Castro, a 34-year-old bank manager from Lawrence, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Citizens Bank branch in Tewksbury. Between May 2024 and August 2025, Castro stole $374,233 from the bank, primarily by taking cash from ATMs and covering his tracks by…
Jason Aymar Ramos, Unlawful Reentry of a Deported Alien, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jason Aymar Ramos, a 43-year-old Dominican national, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation. Ramos, who was residing in Lawrence, MA, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien in April 2026. The sentence was handed down by U.S.…
Jhonatan Monegro Rosario, Fentanyl Distribution and Possession with Intent to Distribute, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jhonatan Monegro Rosario, a 37-year-old Lawrence, Massachusetts man, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for distributing thousands of counterfeit Oxycodone pills made with fentanyl on the North Shore of Massachusetts. The investigation, which spanned five months, revealed that Monegro Rosario possessed a pill press that could be used to manufacture…
Leonardo Lara, Cocaine Trafficking, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read A massive cocaine trafficking operation was brought down in Massachusetts, with ringleader Leonardo Lara, 45, of Lawrence, sentenced to 10 years in prison. The scheme, which involved co-conspirators Merced Navarro Morfin and Leandro Martinez, was busted in April 2022, when Lara was stopped on Interstate-84 in Sturbridge with $40,000 in drug…
Derek Mercado, Possessing a Loaded UZI Machinegun, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Derek Mercado, a 21-year-old member of the notorious Trinitarios gang, was caught with a loaded UZI machinegun in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on May 6, 2025. The incident occurred after a domestic violence report led to a broadcast alert to arrest Mercado, who was already in warrant status on two unrelated matters. When…
Lawrence Joseph, Re-entry into the United States, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Dominican national with a history of serious crimes has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for sneaking back into the United States after being deported. Jose Alberto Tejeda Turbi, 46, was caught after he was indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2026 for one count of unlawful…
