A Dominican nationwide has been charged with allegedly dealing a whole bunch of capsules, in keeping with the feds who say a 2-year-old overdosed at his Bay State dwelling.
In the meantime, one other Dominican nationwide has been indicted by a Boston federal grand jury for allegedly distributing 1,000 fentanyl capsules whereas on federal supervised launch for a previous drug trafficking conviction.
The primary case includes 41-year-old Jose Radhame Sanchez, who was charged by the Massachusetts U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace with: conspiracy to distribute and to own with intent to distribute managed substances.
Sanchez allegedly bought 600 suspected fentanyl capsules to a cooperating supply final month.
On April 9 in Lawrence, Sanchez allegedly distributed about 200 suspected fentanyl capsules pressed to resemble 30 milligram oxycodone capsules. He allegedly had a minor baby with him within the automobile throughout the drug deal.
Then on April 17, Sanchez allegedly dealt 400 counterfeit oxycodone capsules suspected to include fentanyl at a restaurant in Methuen.
Additionally final 12 months, two suspected overdose victims had been present in Sanchez’s Haverhill residence. Final February, police discovered a feminine who had overdosed on the residence. The feminine sufferer survived.
Though Sanchez advised police on the time that he had discovered the sufferer “on the side of the road in his neighborhood and allowed her into his home” and “denied having knowledge that the female was a drug user,” latest telephone data allegedly revealed that Sanchez had contacted the sufferer 171 instances in lower than per week this March.
And in one other incident final 12 months, a 2-year-old baby was discovered unresponsive and never respiratory at Sanchez’s residence. In response to court docket paperwork, the kid later examined constructive for fentanyl and cocaine. Sanchez additionally allegedly examined constructive for cocaine on the time. The kid survived.
The grand jury case includes Wagner Ismael Mejia Sanchez, a/ok/a “Jose F. Rosario,” a/ok/a “Jose Majimbe,” 39, who was indicted on one depend of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or extra of fentanyl.
In 2012, Mejia Sanchez was amongst 10 people charged by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace in reference to a cocaine and heroin trafficking conspiracy. He pleaded responsible to his position within the conspiracy and, in 2015 he was sentenced to 39 months in jail and 10 years of supervised launch.
Then earlier this 12 months throughout an investigation right into a drug trafficking group, Mejia Sanchez was allegedly recognized as a drug provider who supplied fentanyl capsules to a distributor. He was additionally allegedly seen partaking in suspected hand-to-hand drug transactions.
Regulation enforcement then allegedly organized for a purchase order from Mejia Sanchez on Feb. 19 in Lawrence, throughout which he allegedly dealt 1,000 fentanyl capsules whereas on federal supervised launch.
