BOSTON - A Stoneham man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for drug trafficking involving fentanyl.
Alexis Baez, 52, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to four years in prison and three years of supervised release. In August 2019, Baez pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of, and possession with intent to distribute, fentanyl, two counts of distribution of, and possession with intent to distribute, more than 40 grams of fentanyl, and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl.
According to court records, between February and April 2019, prior to Baez’s arrest, he engaged in six separate drug sales of fentanyl powder to an undercover law enforcement agent.
The operation was conducted by a multi-agency task force through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.: https://www.justice.gov/ocdetf/about-ocdetf.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Jason Molina, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by the Massachusetts State Police and the Woburn, Stoneham, Milton, and Boston Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen W. Hassink of Lelling’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
