Tag: Massachusetts
Joshua Bradley, Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Fraud, Massachusetts 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Pittsfield pharmacist, Joshua Bradley, 30, has been charged with diverting Adderall and Dextroamp-amphetamin from a national pharmacy chain in Massachusetts. The alleged crime occurred on multiple occasions in August, September, and November 2024, while Bradley was working as a licensed pharmacist. The investigation was led by the DEA and Massachusetts…
Klordenzsky Senecharles, False Statements, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Klordenzsky Senecharles, a 29-year-old Brockton man, has been charged with making false statements to federal agents about 24 firearms he purchased and later sold. Between March 2020 and May 2021, Senecharles bought 28 guns and sold four, but 13 of the remaining 24 firearms were recovered at crime scenes across the…
Mitul Patel, Visa Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Mitul Patel, a 40-year-old Indian national, was part of a sophisticated visa fraud scheme in Massachusetts, where he and his co-conspirators staged armed robberies of convenience stores to help clerks falsely claim they were crime victims on immigration applications. The scheme, which involved at least six stores in Massachusetts and elsewhere,…
Felix Santos, Transporting Child Pornography, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Felix Santos, a 34-year-old Peabody man, was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport on May 18, 2026, after border agents found multiple files of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on his phone. Santos had just arrived from the Dominican Republic and was referred to secondary inspection, where agents discovered the disturbing…
Kerry Charlotin and Shaquylle Burden, Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Kerry Charlotin and Shaquylle Burden, two Massachusetts men, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl in the greater Boston area. The duo was busted after a series of controlled purchases in Brookline and Boston, where they sold fentanyl to undercover law enforcement in October and December 2025. Charlotin, 36, and Burden,…
Tyreek Hall, Escape, Massachusetts 2025
⏱ 2 min read Tyreek Hall, a 23-year-old Boston man, pleaded guilty to escaping from a residential re-entry center in Boston, where he was serving the remainder of his sentence for being a felon in possession of ammunition. The incident occurred on September 7, 2025, after Hall returned to the center from work and tested…
Scott Kelley, Mail Theft, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read A former US Postal Inspector, Scott Kelley, 52, of Pembroke, MA, has agreed to plead guilty to stealing over $330,000 in cash from packages mailed by elderly victims between January 2019 and August 11, 2023. Kelley, who was a Team Leader of the Mail Fraud Unit at the Boston Division headquarters…
Damian Halfkenny, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read A retired Massachusetts State Police Sergeant, Damian Halfkenny, 54, of Boston, was sentenced for scamming a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. In 2021, Halfkenny, who was earning $160,378 per year as a full-time Sergeant, submitted a false PPP loan application for his real estate business, claiming a monthly payroll expense of…
Luis Castillo, Cockfighting, Massachusetts 2022
⏱ 2 min read Luis Castillo, a 38-year-old Massachusetts man, has been sentenced for his role in a 2022 cockfighting operation in Rhode Island. Castillo pleaded guilty to violating the Animal Welfare Act, admitting he brought roosters from Massachusetts to Rhode Island for animal fighting. The operation involved multiple agencies and took place in 2022,…
Brendan Lawler, Insurance Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Brendan and Lisa Lawler, a married couple from New Bedford, Massachusetts, have been sentenced for running an insurance scam that defrauded over 50 clients of more than $962,000. The couple, who owned BL Insurance Brokerage, LLC, collected insurance payments from clients but instead of paying the insurance companies, they used the…
