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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 7½ Years for a Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

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

Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Victor Rosario, 32, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 7½ years in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin. Rosario pled guilty on January 6, 2017.

Court records reveal that between July 2015 and January 2016, Rosario regularly supplied heroin to several Maine residents who transported it from Lawrence to Maine and distributed some of it to associates and customers. In January 2016, state agents seized over 100 grams of heroin from one of Rosario’s Maine customers who was returning to Maine after purchasing it from Rosario. Federal agents later arranged for the covert purchase of heroin from Rosario in Lawrence.

This case was investigated by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Maine State Police, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and investigated and prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.

Contact

Jamie R. Guerrette
Assistant United States Attorney
Tel: (207) 780-3257

Updated May 10, 2017

Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component