A federal judge in Boston last week sentenced Devante “D-Lopes” Lopes, 31, of Quincy, to five years in prison and James “Bummy” Rodrigues, 34, of Boston, to three-and-a-half years for their criminal roles in Dorchester’s Cameron Street gang.
The sentences are shorter than those handed out to some other members of the gang who were swept up by federal and local authorities in 2022, but unlike some of the others, neither was charged with crimes of violence, at least not by the feds.
In 2019, Rodrigues and two other men who were drinking in a Revere parking space became incensed when a man asked them to move so he could park his vehicle. Instead, they stomped him, breaking his neck and leaving him covered in bruises from head to toe.

Lopes pleaded guilty last year to charges of organized crime, conspiracy to distribute marijuana and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute; Rodrigues pleaded guilty to organized crime offenses and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack on Jan. 16. Both have been locked up at a federal detention facility in Rhode Island since their 2022 arrests; the 33 months they’ve already spent behind bars will be credited to their sentences.