Police Blotter: Brockton man caught with fentanyl and machine guns sentenced to 12 years

A member of the Brockton-based Harvard Street Gang has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling fentanyl. Joshua Tavares, 29, of Brockton sold the drugs to a cooperating witness while he was out on probation for a 2019 fentanyl conviction and pre-trial release for a separate 2024 arrest,…