Caraballo has pleaded not guilty to charges in a five-count indictment that he distributed cocaine in February and March of this year.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Vermont want a judge to hold without bail a Massachusetts man charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine in the Brattleboro area.
Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Caraballo of Holyoke, Mass., has pleaded not guilty to charges in a five-count indictment that he distributed cocaine in February and March of this year.
At a Tuesday hearing in federal court in Burlington, U.S. Magistrate Judge John Conroy ordered that Caraballo should be held without bail, pending a detention hearing.
Federal court documents say Caraballo is facing charges in Vermont state court that he fired multiple shots in March at a vehicle carrying two people after a drug meeting. There were no injuries.
If convicted of the federal charges, Caraballo could be sentenced to 20 years in prison.