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Arismendy Gil-Padilla Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Trafficking in Massachusetts
BOSTON – A member of the Trinitarios street gang, Arismendy Gil-Padilla, 31, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking firearms, ammunition, cocaine and fentanyl in the Greater Lawrence area.
According to court documents, Gil-Padilla was identified as a member of the Trinitarios and was involved in selling firearms, ammunition, cocaine, and fentanyl to a cooperating witness on eight separate occasions between April and August 2018. The sales included two handguns, ammunition, and cocaine for $3,600 on June 28, 2018, seven firearms, ammunition, and cocaine for $6,240 on July 11, 2018, cocaine and fentanyl on August 2, 2018, and seven firearms and ammunition, a laser sight, fentanyl, and cocaine for $2,900 on various dates between April and May 2018.
Gil-Padilla is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition due to a 2014 conviction of sale of a controlled substance that was punishable by more than one year in prison.
The charges against Gil-Padilla include two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and one count of distribution and possession to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and cocaine. The charges carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000 for being a felon in possession of a firearm, up to 20 years in prison, at least three years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million for distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and up to 40 years in prison, at least four years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $5 million for distribution and possession to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and cocaine.
Gil-Padilla is scheduled to be sentenced on May 26, 2022.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Field Division; Homeland Security Investigations, Boston Field Division; the Essex County District Attorney’s Office; the Massachusetts State Police; the Massachusetts Department of Corrections; and the Lawrence Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Carol E. Head of Rollins’ Asset Recovery Unit is prosecuting the case.
The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The remaining defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Organized Crime|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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