Southbridge Man Sentenced for Dealing Oxycodone

BOSTON – A Southbridge man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for distributing oxycodone.

Richard Gonzalez, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to time served and three years of supervised release, six months of which is to be served in home detention. In February 2017, Gonzalez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and one count of distribution of oxycodone.  

In June 2016, Gonzalez was arrested and charged along with three others for distributing oxycodone in Worcester County.  Gonzalez distributed oxycodone pills on two occasions in Southbridge to co-defendant John Tautenhan III.  On both occasions, Tautenhan resold the oxycodone to an undercover officer. 

Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb; Michael Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; and Southbridge Police Chief Shane Woodson made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg A. Friedholm of Weinreb’s Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.