HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 47-year-old Boston man was sentenced today to 324 months (27 years) in prison by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner in Harrisburg.
According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, the defendant, Fremo Santana, previously pleaded guilty in December 2014 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine hydrochloride.
Santana was known as the leader of a drug trafficking organization and was a major Boston-based source of supply of cocaine and heroin to distributors in Harrisburg. Santana maintained a premises in Harrisburg and utilized couriers to travel between Harrisburg and the Boston area.
Santana was indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2012, as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Dauphin County Drug Task Force.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Daryl F. Bloom prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
