BOSTON – A Chicopee man was arrested on drug distribution
charges.
Brett Garcia, 33, was charged in an indictment unsealed
today with possessing with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
Garcia was arraigned today and was detained pending a hearing scheduled for
Friday, May 15, 2020.
The indictment alleges that Garcia possessed with intent to
distribute 100 grams or more of heroin on Feb. 28, 2020 in Hampden County.
The indictment was the result of an investigation into
heroin trafficking in Chicopee.
The charging statute provides for a sentence of at least
five years and up to 40 years in prison, at least three years of supervised
release and a fine of $2 million. 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; Brian D. Boyle,
Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England
Field Division; Colonel Christopher Mason, Superintendent of the Massachusetts
State Police; and Chicopee Police Chief William R. Jebb made the announcement
today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd E. Newhouse of Lelling’s Springfield Branch
Office is prosecuting the case.
The details contained in the indictment are allegations. The
defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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