Tag: Massachusetts
Lindsay Groves, Child Exploitation, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 2 min read Lindsay Groves, a 41-year-old former daycare worker in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, and her partner, Stacie Marie Laughton, 42, a former New Hampshire State Representative, have been sentenced to decades in prison for child exploitation and child pornography charges. The heinous crimes occurred in 2023, when the defendants were arrested and charged. Groves…
Trevor Headley, Cocaine Distribution, Massachusetts 2026
A Newtonville man was sentenced to five years in prison for cocaine distribution in Massachusetts. Trevor Headley, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to five years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release. Headley pleaded guilty in April 2026 to one count of possession with intent…
Corey Elliott, Dogfighting, Massachusetts 2026
CARVER MAN TO PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL DOGFIGHTING CHARGE BOSTON – A Carver, Mass., man has agreed to plead guilty to his participation in a multi-year dogfighting conspiracy involving the breeding, training and fighting of dogs, as well as related animal cruelty and illegal gambling activities. Corey Elliott, 49, has agreed to plead guilty to…
Jacob Tyler Henriques, Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Cyberstalking, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jacob Tyler Henriques, the former Assistant Admissions Director at Emmanuel College in Boston, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for soliciting underage college applicants for commercial sex and cyberstalking. The 27-year-old was arrested in May 2025 and pleaded guilty in November 2025 to one count of attempted sex trafficking of…
Heriberto Rodriguez, Benefit Fraud, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 2 min read In a sweeping crackdown, 15 individuals, including 11 illegal aliens, were arrested in Massachusetts for their roles in a massive benefit fraud scheme. The defendants, who include Heriberto Rodriguez, Mirian Chalas, and Santo Escolastico Cuello, are charged with defrauding the government of over $1.4 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
Joshua Garcia, Cocaine Distribution and Firearm Offense, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 2 min read Joshua Garcia, a 26-year-old from Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 75 months in prison for possessing a firearm and distributing cocaine. The crime occurred on October 3, 2024, and Garcia pleaded guilty in March 2026. Garcia’s sentencing took place on June 15, 2026, in federal court in Springfield, where U.S. District…
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…
Dominique Carpenter-Grady, Conspiracy to Smuggle PCP and Synthetic Cannabinoids, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 3 min read Dominique Carpenter-Grady, a 36-year-old member of the violent Boston-based H-Block gang, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle PCP and synthetic cannabinoids into a Massachusetts prison. The sentencing took place on June 15, 2026, in federal court in Boston, and…
Christopher D. Leon, Social Security Disability Benefits Theft, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Christopher D. Leon, a 56-year-old former Haverhill man, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to receiving approximately $87,817 in stolen Social Security disability benefits over a period of more than five years. The scam began in November 2019 and continued until August 2025. Leon lived with the applicant for Social…
Joseph Wilcox, Bank Robbery, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read On September 6, 2025, at approximately 11:40 a.m., Joseph Wilcox, 58, of Dorchester, walked into a Santander Bank in East Boston, approached the bank teller, and handed over a note demanding $20 bills. Wilcox, who has a history of prior convictions for bank robbery and armed robbery, threatened the teller, saying…
