Carlos Miguel Concepcion-Guilam, Attempted Fentanyl Possession, Massachusetts 2021

A brazen attempt to retrieve narcotics from two Stoughton storage units has landed a New Jersey man behind bars. Carlos Miguel Concepcion-Guilam, 30, was sentenced to nine years in prison and three years of supervised release for attempting to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.

On June 19, 2019, staff at a storage facility in Stoughton opened a storage unit to auction its contents and found drug paraphernalia inside. A search of that unit and a second related storage unit by law enforcement resulted in the recovery of nearly two kilograms of fentanyl and fentanyl analogue, nearly a kilogram of cocaine, and drug distribution paraphernalia.

Agents subsequently began surveilling the units to identify the owner of the drugs. On June 20, 2019, Concepcion-Guilam arrived at the storage facility and opened the unit that previously contained nearly three kilograms of narcotics. Upon seeing that the drugs had been seized, Concepcion-Guilam sprinted away from the storage facility and attempted to flee in his vehicle.

Concepcion-Guilam deliberately crashed his vehicle into a marked police cruiser before he was arrested. At the time of his arrest, Concepcion-Guilam was found in possession of additional fentanyl in his pocket.

Concepcion-Guilam was convicted by a federal jury on June 4, 2021, of attempted possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young handed down the sentence.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephen Hassink, Lauren Graber, and Benjamin Tolkoff of Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit. Special assistance was provided by the Massachusetts State Police.

The sentencing is a significant blow to those involved in narcotics trafficking. Concepcion-Guilam’s sentence serves as a reminder of the consequences of attempting to distribute large quantities of fentanyl in Massachusetts.

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