Springfield Man Sentenced for Cocaine Distribution

SPRINGFIELD – A Springfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for conspiring to distribute cocaine.

Radames Perez, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 41 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In January 2017, Perez pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

On January 29, 2014, Perez conspired to distribute cocaine with an individual cooperating with federal agents. The transaction was captured on video and audio recordings. Perez pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than one kilogram of cocaine in connection with that transaction.

Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Neil L. Desroches and Deepika Bains Shukla of Weinreb’s Springfield Branch Office prosecuted the case.