BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday for selling
fentanyl to an undercover officer.
Jonathan Marquez, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court
Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 33 months in prison and 36 months of supervised
release. In January 2020, Marquez pleaded guilty to one count of distributing
fentanyl. Marquez was arrested in September 2019 and has been detained since
October 2019.
In September 2019, an undercover officer placed an order
with a fentanyl dealer, and Marquez then met the undercover officer at an
arranged location in Lawrence. Marquez handed the officer 11
individually-wrapped bags containing brownish powder in exchange for cash. Laboratory results later determined that the
brownish powder contained fentanyl.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Joseph R.
Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Boston Field Division; Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; and Michael Shea, Acting
Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations in Boston made
the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Abely, Deputy Chief of
Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit, prosecuted the case.
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