BOSTON – U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Rachael S. Rollins have announced the Justice Department’s new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking pursuant…
BOSTON – A repeat felon with three prior federal firearm convictions was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his fourth federal firearms charge and the third since 2015. Darnell Upshaw, 40, of Brockton, was sentenced by…
BOSTON – A Salvadoran national residing in Lynn was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. Inmar Samuel Aguiluz-Palacios, 29,…
BOSTON – The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that $884,755 recovered from forfeited assets of Scott J. Wolas will be distributed to his victims. The United States Attorney’s Office…
BOSTON – A member of the Trinitarios street gang pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking firearms, ammunition, cocaine and fentanyl in the Greater Lawrence…
BOSTON – A Connecticut man was arrested today on charges arising from a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $500,000 from his former employer, New England Sports Network (NESN). Ariel Legassa,…
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON – The United Steelworkers union (USW) will conduct meetings on Thursday to consider the next steps in talks for a new contract covering workers at U.S.…
BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty today in connection with heroin and fentanyl distribution and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. Anthony Howard, 34, pleaded guilty to one count…
(This Jan 31. story corrects sixth paragraph to show that mediator Shelley Chapman is a sitting, not former, U.S. bankruptcy judge) By Tom Hals and Mike Spector – Members of…
BOSTON – A Springfield woman was sentenced today for stealing over $62,000 in Social Security benefits. Patricia Shibles, 50, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark Mastroianni to three…
BOSTON – A Middleboro financial advisor has been charged in a superseding indictment in connection with defrauding his elderly clients and stealing the victims’ retirement assets. Paul R. McGonigle, 67,…
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON -Union and energy company negotiators met on Tuesday without reaching agreement on a new labor contract covering 30,000 U.S. workers at oil refineries, chemical plants and…
BOSTON – A Springfield woman pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with her involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance. Audri Ford-Victory, 61, pleaded guilty to one count…
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON -Negotiators for the United Steelworkers union (USW) and U.S. oil and chemical companies late Monday agreed to continue talks on a new contract after a strike…
HOUSTON – U.S. oil refiners have offered union oil and chemical workers a 9% pay raise over three years, according to people familiar with the matter, as talk on a…
By Nivedita Balu and Tiyashi Datta -Sony Interactive Entertainment will acquire Bungie Inc, the original creator of the “Halo” videogame and developer of “Destiny”, in a deal valued at $3.6…
BOSTON – A Lynn woman was arrested today for allegedly stealing over $50,000 in Social Security benefits. Teresa M. Carrington, 64, was charged with one count of theft of public…
BOSTON – Ohio-based pharmaceutical distributor, Cardinal Health, Inc., has agreed to pay $13,125,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying “upfront discounts” to its physician…
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE -Rafa Nadal roared back from two sets down to edge Daniil Medvedev in a classic Australian Open final and claim a record 21st Grand Slam title…
BOSTON – A Boston man and woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to conspiracy and distribution charges involving fentanyl. Valentin Pujols, 35, and Katherine Olivares-Soto, a/k/a “Jessy,”…
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON -The United Steelworkers union (USW) rejected a pay increase offered by lead oil company negotiator Marathon Petroleum in talks for a new three-year agreement covering U.S.…
BOSTON – A former Everett man was indicted today on identity theft and fraud charges in connection with schemes to fraudulently obtain an apartment and pandemic-related relief funds from the Paycheck…
SEASIDE PARK, NJ – The Marine Mammal Stranding Center has taken in its first patient of 2022, a young grey seal pup that was stranded on the dunes in Seaside…
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON -A pay raise offer of 1% a year for workers made by lead oil industry negotiator Marathon Petroleum is “ridiculous,” the United Steelworkers union said in…
BOSTON – A North Carolina man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for firearms trafficking. Gabriel Gispert-Poe, 24, of Hope Mills, N.C., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District…