Boston Drug Offender Derek Rego Indicted for Escape

Boston – Local man Derek Rego, 33, has been indicted on federal charges of escape after reportedly leaving a residential re-entry center where he was serving his sentence for drug possession.

Rego’s troubles began in September 2012 when he was sentenced to 120 months for drug-related offenses. After being transferred to a Boston re-entry center in January 2020, he vanished on April 3, prompting the U.S. Marshals Service to issue an alert. He was later apprehended on May 4 on domestic violence charges.

The grand jury’s indictment comes with serious repercussions for Rego. The charging statute mandates a minimum of five years in prison, plus up to three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. Sentencing will be determined by a federal district court judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; John Gibbons, United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts; and Boston Police Commissioner William Gross were among those who announced the charges against Rego. Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus is handling the prosecution for Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit.

As per standard protocol, the allegations contained in the charging documents are considered mere accusations. Rego maintains his innocence until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.