A Lynn man was sentenced in federal court in Boston this week for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization. The organization manufactured and distributed thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing narcotics, according to prosecutors.
Erick Solis Lopez, 25, was sentenced to 62 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey proposed a state budget this week, clocking in at $58 billion.
It's not the final budget. That will have to be approved by the Massachusetts Legislature and will come replete with its own set of local pork projects. But even the budget Healey proposed is fiscally irresponsible.
