BOSTON – A Lawrence girl was sentenced in federal courtroom in Boston yesterday for a drug trafficking offense in connection together with her position in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.
Danybelkis Vasquez-Rodrigue, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court docket Chief Decide F. Dennis Saylor IV, to 45 months in jail and three years of supervised launch. On Aug. 30, 2022, Vasquez-Rodrigue was convicted following a five-day trial of 1 rely of conspiracy to distribute and to own with intent to distribute 400 grams or extra of fentanyl.
In November 2020, legislation enforcement started an investigation into Rodriguez-Ruiz, who had been recognized as a Lawrence-based drug provider. On Nov. 24, 2020, Rodriguez-Ruiz distributed almost one kilogram of fentanyl to a cooperating witness. In trade for the fentanyl, Vasquez-Rodrigue collected $42,000 from the cooperating witness. By small funds to a number of people via native cash remitting companies, Vasquez-Rodrigue then transmitted these drug proceeds to the fentanyl provider in Mexico.
On Sept. 9, 2022, Rodriguez-Ruiz was sentenced to 57 months in jail and three years of supervised launch after beforehand being convicted of conspiracy to distribute and to own with intent to distribute 400 grams or extra of fentanyl and one rely of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or extra of fentanyl.
United States Lawyer Rachael S. Rollins and Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Particular Agent in Cost of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division made the announcement as we speak. The case was investigated by the FBI’s Strike Power together with the Norfolk County Sherriff’s Workplace. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alathea E. Porter and Stephen W. Hassink of Rollins’ Narcotics & Cash Laundering Unit prosecuted the case.
This effort is a part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Job Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level prison organizations that threaten the USA utilizing a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency method. Extra details about the OCDETF Program may be discovered at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
