Press Release
New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Over Six Years for Role in Methamphetamine Conspiracy
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
BOSTON – A Manchester, N.H. man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston to his role in a multi-state methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.
Anthony Elwell, 49, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper to 78 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In July 2023, Elwell pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Elwell was indicted in May 2021 along with three other individuals, Andrew Lunn, Mark Daileanes and William Velez. On four occasions between June and September 2020, Lunn sold pure methamphetamine to a cooperating witness in amounts ranging from 100 to almost 280 grams. Velez supplied Lunn with the methamphetamine for each of those deals. For one of the deals, in July 2020, Elwell provided Daileanes with money to purchase 280 grams of methamphetamine from Lunn. All of Elwell’s co-defendants have pleaded guilty. The final defendant is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 20, 2023.
Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England made the announcement today. The New Hampshire State Police and the Everett, Nashua (N.H), Merrimack (N.H.), Litchfield (N.H), and Manchester (N.H.) Police Departments provided valuable assistance. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alathea Porter of the Criminal Division prosecuted the case.
Updated December 19, 2023
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Drug Trafficking
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