Brockton Man Sentenced for Dealing Heroin and Fentanyl

BOSTON – A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing heroin and fentanyl.

Angelo Pina, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In April 2017, Pina pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin and fentanyl and two counts of distribution of heroin. 

From December 2015 to August 2016, law enforcement conducted an investigation into heroin and fentanyl suppliers in Holbrook and surrounding communities. An undercover officer was introduced to Pina, and on five dates between January and June 2016, the undercover officer made five controlled purchases of heroin and fentanyl from Pina.  In addition, the investigation revealed that the cellular telephone used by Pina had, on average, more than 500 calls and texts per day over an 11-month period, indicative of more extensive drug dealing, and that his cellular phone had the contact information of over a dozen people who suffered fatal or non-fatal overdoses in 2015 and 2016, reflecting the grave danger posed by heroin and fentanyl.   

Acting U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb; Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; and Colonel Richard D. McKeon, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, made the announcement today. The investigation was led by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Theodore Heinrich of Weinreb’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit prosecuted the case.