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Springfield Man Sentenced for Heroin Distribution

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts

BOSTON – A Springfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for selling heroin to an undercover federal agent.

Jose Vargas, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Mark G. Mastroianni to one year of probation.  In March 2015, Vargas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and distribution of heroin in connection with his Oct. 6, 2013 sale of $400 of heroin to an undercover agent.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division, made the announcement today.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Deepika Bains Shukla of Ortiz’s Springfield Branch Office.

Updated August 14, 2015
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - Massachusetts

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