Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years for Heroin, Fentanyl and Cocaine Distribution

Portland, Maine:  United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Anibal Orsini, 35, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 188 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and quantities of fentanyl and cocaine hydrochloride.  Orsini entered a guilty plea on March 28, 2017.

Court records reveal that between October 2014 and August 2016, Orsini distributed heroin and other drugs from Lawrence, Massachusetts.  Between January and July 2015, three Maine heroin dealers were arrested as they returned from Massachusetts in possession of distributable quantities of heroin they acquired from Orsini.  Law enforcement officers also purchased drugs from Orsini and his co-conspirators. 

This case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration – Portsmouth Tactical Diversion Squad; the Ogunquit Police Department; and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.