Boston Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded responsible and was sentenced on Nov. 3, 2022 on day 4 of his jury trial in reference to drug trafficking actions involving cocaine.

Julio Ortiz, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Courtroom Choose Leo T. Sorokin to 10 years in jail and 5 years of supervised launch. Earlier within the listening to, Ortiz pleaded responsible to at least one depend of conspiracy to distribute, and to own with intent to distribute, 5 kilograms or extra of cocaine, and one depend of possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or extra of cocaine. Ortiz was charged by grievance in August 2019 and subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2019.

A person in Puerto Rico tried to ship a field containing roughly 29 kilograms of cocaine to an automotive restore storage in Lawrence. After a routine inspection of the field, workers of the transport firm discovered packages showing to be narcotics wrapped in plastic and notified regulation enforcement. A search of the bundle revealed a complete of 29 kilograms of cocaine. Following a managed supply of the bundle to the recipient tackle in Lawrence, Ortiz and his co-defendant, Edgar Castro, have been noticed unpacking the field and transferring containers of cocaine into one other car. Ortiz and Castro have been arrested on website.  

Ortiz’s co-defendant, Edgar Castro, pleaded responsible on Oct. 31, 2022 previous to jury empanelment and is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 27, 2023.

The costs of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute greater than 5 kilograms of cocaine present for a compulsory minimal sentence of 10 years and as much as life in jail, not less than 5 years of supervised launch and a nice of as much as $10 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district courtroom decide based mostly upon the U.S. Sentencing Pointers and statutes which govern the willpower of a sentence in a felony case.

United States Legal professional Rachael S. Rollins and Matthew B. Millhollin, Particular Agent in Cost of Homeland Safety Investigations in New England made the announcement. Helpful help was supplied by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Massachusetts State Police and the Woburn Police Division. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephen W. Hassink and Lindsey E. Weinstein of Rollins’ Narcotics & Cash Laundering Unit are prosecuting the case.