Massachusetts Man to Serve 18 Months for Drug Trafficking

PORTLAND, Maine: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for trafficking fentanyl into Maine.

U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Alvin Dorsey, 39, to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty on January 24, 2025.

According to court records, in June 2023, a confidential source of information working at the direction of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arranged the purchase of two “sticks” (i.e., 20 grams) of fentanyl from a drug dealer who was the target of a federal investigation. Ultimately, it was Dorsey who showed up in Biddeford bearing the drug order, and who consummated the transaction with the informant. Dorsey was later charged by a grand jury with distributing fentanyl, leading to his arrest and prosecution.   

DEA investigated the case, with support provided by the DEA Airport Group, the Massachusetts State Police Airport Group, and the Biddeford Police Department.

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