BOSTON - A Charlton woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Jennifer Toledo, 45, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman, who scheduled sentencing for Sept. 12, 2017.
From August 2015 until April 2016, Toledo conspired with co-defendants John Tautenhan III and Amina Young to distribute oxycodone pills in and around Worcester County. On April 17, 2016, federal agents followed Toledo as she drove from Massachusetts to a restaurant in Yonkers, N.Y., to acquire oxycodone from Young. Five days later, on April 22, 2017, Toledo again drove to Yonkers to purchase additional oxycodone from Young. Investigators stopped the vehicle that Toledo was driving and seized over 500 oxycodone pills from Young and two other passengers.
Tautenhan pleaded guilty in April 2016 and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 12, 2017. Amina Young pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
The charging statute provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, a minimum of three years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $1 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Michael Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division, made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg A. Friedholm of Weinreb’s Worcester Branch Office is prosecuting the case.
The details contained in the charging document are allegations. The remaining defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
