Joshua S. Levy, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
A Wareham woman has been sentenced in federal court for her involvement in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy that resulted in a fatal overdose. Kayla Nightingale, 37, received a sentence of 52 months in prison from U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper. Following her prison term, she will undergo three years of supervised release and is required to pay $7,868 in restitution for the victim's funeral expenses.
In August 2024, Nightingale admitted guilt to charges of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl. Her indictment came in October 2020 alongside co-conspirator Troy Jones by a federal grand jury.
The duo operated from January 2019 through at least April 3, 2019, distributing fentanyl within Wareham. Their activities included selling the drug to a local resident who succumbed to an overdose on April 2, 2019.
The sentencing announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Field Division; Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble of the Massachusetts State Police; Wareham Police Chief Walter Correia; and Barnstable Police Chief Jean Challies. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jared Dolan and J. Mackenzie Duane from the Criminal Division.
