BOSTON – A Fitchburg man pleaded responsible as we speak in federal courtroom in Worcester to his position in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
Jonathan Villot, 31 pleaded responsible to at least one rely of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 280 grams or extra of cocaine base (generally referred to as crack cocaine), and 500 grams or extra of cocaine. U.S. Senior District Courtroom Decide Timothy S. Hillman scheduled sentencing for June 15, 2023. Villot was indicted in July 2020 together with 17 others, together with his brother and alleged co-conspirator Pedro Villot-Santiago.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork, following a deadly fentanyl overdose in September 2018, an investigation started right into a drug trafficking group (DTO) within the Fitchburg space. Starting in July 2019, managed purchases and intercepted digital communications between members of the DTO and its suppliers recognized Villot as a cocaine distributor.
Over the course of the investigation, over 1.8 kilograms of a heroin and fentanyl combination, over 3.6 kilograms of cocaine and over 50 grams of crack cocaine, in addition to a stolen, loaded handgun, drug manufacturing gear and over $376,000 was seized.
Villot is the fifteenth defendant to be convicted within the case – both by responsible plea or jury conviction following trial.
United States Lawyer Rachael S. Rollins; Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Particular Agent in Cost of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; Commissioner Carol Mici of the Massachusetts Division of Correction; and John E. Mawn Jr., Interim Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police made the announcement as we speak. The Fitchburg and Lunenburg Police Departments and U.S. Postal Inspection Service supplied helpful help. Assistant U.S. Lawyer Alathea Porter of Rollins’ Narcotics & Cash Laundering Unit prosecuted the case.
This effort is a part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Activity Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level prison organizations that threaten america utilizing a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency method. Extra details about the OCDETF Program might be discovered at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
The main points contained within the indictment are allegations. The remaining defendants are presumed harmless except and till confirmed responsible past an inexpensive doubt in a courtroom of legislation
