Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
Walter Norton, a 46-year-old resident of Atkinson, New Hampshire, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking. The sentencing took place on February 25, 2026, before Senior U.S. District Judge William G. Young in Boston. In addition to the prison term, Norton will serve 10 years of supervised release and pay a $250,000 fine. He was convicted by a jury in May 2025 for possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine.
The case stems from an incident on April 3, 2024, when law enforcement officers involved in a money laundering investigation observed Norton at the home of co-defendant Jason Hunter in Revere. After leaving the residence, Norton attempted to evade police during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 by driving at speeds exceeding 110 miles per hour and using the left shoulder of the highway. His vehicle struck the median and another car, resulting in a broken axle and causing his car to stop facing the wrong direction in the center lane. Norton then fled on foot carrying a bag containing over 15,000 counterfeit Adderall pills filled with methamphetamine weighing approximately 4.4 kilograms before being apprehended.
Subsequent searches at Hunter’s residence and vehicle led authorities to seize more than 16 kilograms of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, thousands of counterfeit fentanyl pills, additional oxycodone pills, over one kilogram of cocaine, multiple kilograms of marijuana, and $100,000 believed to be drug proceeds.
Jason Hunter was sentenced earlier on January 8, 2026, receiving a similar sentence of 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley stated: "Valuable assistance was provided by the Massachusetts State Police." Jarod A. Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Boston Field Division also participated in announcing the outcome. The prosecution was handled by First Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Ferguson and Assistant U.S. Attorney Alathea Porter from the Criminal Division.
This prosecution is part of an initiative under Executive Order 14159 known as Protecting the American People Against Invasion through the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF). The HSTF brings together federal agencies such as HSI, FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS, IRS-CI, USPIS, DOL-OIG and DSS along with state and local law enforcement partners to combat criminal cartels and transnational organizations operating within or outside U.S borders.
