BOSTON – A Dominican national was pleaded guilty today in
federal court in Boston to distributing fentanyl.
Rosario Lara, 37, a Dominican national formerly residing in
Lawrence, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge William G.
Young who scheduled sentencing for July 9, 2020. Lara admitted to distributing cocaine and
more than 400 grams of fentanyl.
Lara sold more than a half-kilogram of fentanyl to a
confidential informant in Lawrence on Feb. 21, 2019.
Lara faces up to 10 years in prison, to be followed by up to
five years of supervised release and a fine of $10 million. Lara will be
subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed
by a federal district court judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and
other statutory factors.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Joseph R.
Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Boston Field Division, made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was
provided by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts State
Police and Lawrence Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Abely,
Deputy Chief of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit, prosecuted the case.
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