Jonathan "Jacha" Melendez Decatro, of Braintree, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization. The organization distributed fentanyl sourced from ...

BRAINTREE, MA — A Braintree man at the head of a "large-scale" drug trafficking operation will serve 10 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts said. The drug trafficking ...

A Braintree man is heading to prison after federal investigators uncovered his role as the leader of a major drug trafficking ring that brought opioids into Massachusetts from Latin America.

Braintree Your Local News for Braintree, Massachusetts. ... In 2021, law enforcement intercepted two packages addressed to him—each containing a full kilogram of cocaine. In early 2023, Melendez ...

A Braintree man is heading to prison after federal investigators uncovered his role as the leader of a major drug trafficking ring that brought opioids into Massachusetts from Latin America.Jonathan ...

Nantucket is the latest community to start testing its sewage for drugs—partnering with a Cambridge firm that analyzes sewage ...

Boston Police arrested three in a Dorchester drug operation, seizing narcotics, cash, and charging them with various ...

Braintree voters previously rejected two permanent tax-limit override proposals. The first was in June 1997 for $2.9 million to help pay for school expenses like rising special education costs ...

For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine. The flies will self-administer cocaine if given the option. The new model could ...

BOSTON — A Massachusetts-based member of the Tijuana-based Sinaloa cartel pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a cocaine and money laundering conspiracy that ferried narcotics to the Bay State ...