BOSTON - A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy charges.
Nieves Guzman, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to time served (approximately 18 months in prison). Guzman will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. In January 2021, Guzman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more fentanyl.
On Nov. 2, 2019, investigators executed a search warrant at a suspected stash house in Lawrence associated with a drug organization and encountered Guzman, who had a kilogram brick of fentanyl in her purse. At the stash house, investigators also located various drug distribution paraphernalia, including a mixing bowl containing suspected fentanyl, sifters and blenders.
Two of Guzman’s co-defendants, Francis Jimenez Minyetty and Enmanuel Brioso Fabal, have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.
Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lauren Graber of Mendell’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
