Addiel Santini, Fentanyl Trafficking, Vermont 2021

A shocking case of fentanyl trafficking has shaken the streets of Vermont. On June 26, 2021, the Lyndonville Police Department (LPD) entered an apartment on Center Street in Lyndon, Vermont, where they discovered a staggering amount of illicit substances.

The LPD obtained a search warrant for the apartment later that same day. According to court records, during the execution of the search warrant, law enforcement found approximately 3,670 bags of fentanyl-laced heroin, 6.187 grams of cocaine base, 34.54 grams of cocaine, and $5,695 in U.S. currency in the bedroom that Addiel Santini, 20, of Springfield, Massachusetts, had been occupying.

Santini was the only person found in the apartment. He admitted in his guilty plea hearing to possessing the illicit substances with the intent to distribute them.

On [June 26, 2021], United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Santini to serve 6 months in prison after his conviction for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and cocaine base.

Santini will also serve a three-year term of supervised release after his incarceration. The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont commended the collaborative investigative efforts of the Vermont Drug Task Force of the Vermont State Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Lyndonville Police Department.

Assistant United States Attorney Kimberly G. Ang handled the prosecution. Santini was represented by Assistant Federal Public Defender Steven Barth.

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