BOSTON – A Charlestown man was sentenced today in federal
court in Boston for distributing fentanyl out of a Chelsea apartment.
Cruz Villar, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge
Indira Talwani to three years in prison and five years of supervised release.
In June 2019, Villar pleaded guilty to one count of distribution and possession
with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to
distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
On June 22, 2018, Villar was observed by law enforcement in
a hand-to-hand sale of fentanyl to a customer in a parking lot in Dorchester.
After the sale, agents recovered approximately 11 grams of fentanyl from the
customer and approximately $1,446 in cash from Villar. A subsequent search of
an apartment in Chelsea that Villar had been renting—but in which he had not
been residing— resulted in the recovery of approximately 87.4 additional grams
of fentanyl, along with components of a drug press, a digital scale, two
blenders, bottles of a cutting agent, and packaging materials, including
plastic wrap and plastic baggies. In addition, Villar made regular trips from
the Chelsea apartment to an address in Mashpee in a manner consistent with the
distribution of narcotics.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Joseph R.
Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Boston Field Office, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian
A. Pérez‑Daple of Lelling’s
Criminal Division prosecuted the case.
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