Tag: Lowell
Marc Sanchez, Crack Cocaine Distribution, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Marc Sanchez, a 31-year-old Lowell man, pleaded guilty to distributing crack cocaine and illegal possession of guns in Boston federal court. Sanchez was busted for selling crack out of his apartment in Lowell, where he would ‘cook’ powder cocaine into crack and sell it to customers. The operation was uncovered when…
Gino Hem, Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine Distribution, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Gino Hem, a 34-year-old Lowell man, pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine in federal court in Boston. Between July 14, 2025, and October 3, 2025, Hem sold the deadly drugs to undercover officers and cooperating witnesses on four separate occasions. The transactions took place in Lowell, where Hem would…
Juan Riquerbin Garcia Rivera, Fentanyl Trafficking, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 3 min read Juan Riquerbin Garcia Rivera, a 44-year-old Dominican national, was convicted by a federal jury in Boston on June 12, 2026, for conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, as well as possessing guns to further his drug trafficking enterprise in Lowell, Massachusetts. Garcia Rivera, who was previously deported…
Isiah Lyons, Methamphetamine Distribution, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 3 min read A notorious Asian Boyz gang member is headed to prison for a decade and a half, convicted of peddling methamphetamine pills to unsuspecting customers in Lowell, Massachusetts. Isiah Lyons, 30, aka ‘Tank,’ was slapped with an 11-year sentence by Senior U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV. The conviction stemmed…
Two Men, Bank Robbery, Massachusetts 2009
⏱ 3 min read Two Boston-area men, Victor Kolawole and Keith Wainaina, were busted in a brazen bank heist that lasted over a year, netting them a cool $1.1M. The scam involved using fake IDs to withdraw cash from victims’ accounts. From December 2022 to July 2025, Kolawole and Wainaina, along with an accomplice Phalentz…
Two Dealers, Murder, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 2 min read Two men were shot dead in Lowell, Vermont on October 12, 2023, in a brutal killing that’s now linked to a massive cocaine and fentanyl trafficking operation. Theodore Bland, a 29-year-old Stowe resident, is the one who pulled the trigger. According to court records, Bland conspired with others to sell cocaine…
Richard Nguyen, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Lowell man was sentenced to over 10 years in prison for his role in a massive methamphetamine distribution network that sold fake Adderall pills in Lowell, Massachusetts. Richard Nguyen, 30, was the latest associate of the Asian Boyz gang to be taken down by authorities. Between March 2022 and January…
