BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing cocaine base.
Quran Rowell, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to five years in prison and four years of supervised release. In September 2017, Rowell pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base.
In May 2015, law enforcement conducted surveillance after receiving information about the alleged drug dealing activities of Joseph Dyer. After the officers observed Dyer get into a vehicle, which lapped the block and immediately dropped Dyer off in the same location, officers approached Dyer, who fled on foot and was caught after a brief chase.
It is alleged that Dyer was found in possession of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. Officers then pursued the vehicle that Dyer had been seen getting into and out of, and the vehicle was stopped shortly after. Officers observed that Rowell, who was seated in the front passenger’s seat of the vehicle, was visibly nervous and appeared to be having uncontrolled chest compressions. Officers removed Rowell from the vehicle and conducted a search in which police recovered from Rowell approximately 36 grams of crack cocaine, 10 grams of heroin and $1,736.
Dyer pleaded not guilty. He has a hearing scheduled for May 7, 2018.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Leah Foley of Lelling’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit prosecuted the case.
The details contained in the charging documents 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
