BOSTON - A Providence, R.I., man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to federal drug charges.
Dennys Villalona, a/k/a Xavier Martinez-Gonzalez, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 100 grams of heroin. U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock scheduled sentencing for Jan. 11, 2018.
In November 2016, a cooperating source introduced an undercover officer to Villalona for the purpose of supplying heroin to the undercover officer. On Nov. 17, 2016, Villalona and the undercover officer met in a restaurant parking lot in Foxboro where Villalona agreed to sell the undercover officer one kilogram of heroin for $55,000. He also stated that, if the undercover officer kept coming back and business was good, the price would drop to $50,000 or even less per kilogram. Two days later, Villalona and the undercover officer met again, and Villalona supplied the undercover officer with a nearly 10-gram sample of heroin. On Nov. 22, 2016, Villalona and the undercover officer met at a restaurant in Wrentham, where Villalona delivered a package containing 992 grams of heroin to the undercover officer. All three meetings were recorded.
The charge of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin provides for a sentence of no greater than 30 years in prison, a minimum of six years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of $2 million. The charge of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 100 grams of heroin provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and up to a lifetime in prison, a minimum of eight years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of $8 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Linda Ricci, Deputy Chief of Weinreb’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit, is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
