Dominican Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Offense

            CONCORD – Jose Oriol Feliz Aybar, 31, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.

            According to court documents and statements made in court, the defendant distributed quantities of fentanyl in Lawrence, Massachusetts with Leudin Arismendi Lara (also known as Rolando Sierra-Oyola).   On three occasions in 2016, the defendant sold fentanyl to an individual who was cooperating with law enforcement officers and who purported to be a New Hampshire-based drug trafficker.   

            Lara previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve 91 months in prison.

            Aybar is scheduled to be sentenced on September 12, 2019.  He faces likely deportation to the Dominican Republic after serving his sentence.

            “Fentanyl trafficking continues to endanger the people of New Hampshire,” said U.S. Attorney Murray.  “Those who choose to trade in this deadly drug have earned the undivided attention of law enforcement and will be aggressively prosecuted.”

            The investigation was conducted by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Tactical Diversion Unit, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; the New Hampshire State Police, the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Police Department, the Exeter, New Hampshire Police Department, the Andover, Massachusetts Police Department, the Wilmington, Massachusetts Police Department, and the Lawrence, Massachusetts Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Seth Aframe is prosecuting the case.      

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