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Brighton Roommates, East Boston Brothers Face Drug Trafficking Charges After Police Raids

Dangerousness hearings will determine whether the defendants remain jailed before trial.

Overview

  • Vincenzo Porfino, 43, and William Nagle, 46, were charged in Brighton with meth trafficking after a search at 227 Faneuil St. following resident complaints.
  • Police reported seizing about 300 grams of crystal meth, suboxone, Adderall, paraphernalia, $3,591 in cash, and 98 counterfeit $100 bills from the Brighton apartment.
  • A months-long East Boston investigation led to the arrests of brothers Julian Mongui Abril, 33, and Juan Mongui Abril, 30, tied to alleged sales near Maverick Square.
  • At 60 Lubec St., officers said they found roughly a half-kilogram of cocaine plus marijuana, psilocybin, LSD, ketamine, MDMA, and $11,000 in cash, prompting school-zone charges because the home sits about 199 feet from Donald McKay Elementary School.
  • Porfino and Nagle were ordered held without bail pending a hearing; Julian Mongui Abril was ordered held without bail while Juan Mongui Abril was released on $1,500 bail and ordered to return for a dangerousness hearing.