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Brockton Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking
A Brockton man was sentenced on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl. Edson Gomes, 20, a/k/a “E,” was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 71 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
The supervised release comes with several conditions. During the period of supervised release, Gomes is prohibited from associating with his co-conspirators and certain Brockton gang members. He is also prohibited from being in the City of Brockton.
Gomes pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl in January 2017. He was arrested in April 2016, along with Luis DaCosta and Gilvan Monteiro. In May 2016, they and four others were indicted on drug and firearm-related charges.
According to court documents, Gomes and his co-defendants sold fentanyl in the Brockton area on numerous occasions between December 2015 to March 2016. In instances where Monteiro was out of fentanyl, he would direct his customers to purchase from Gomes. On Feb. 10, 2016, Gomes conducted a drug deal with co-defendant Gabriel Nieves, and then mistakenly left his gun in Nieves’ car.
Law enforcement seized the firearm when Nieves was stopped and arrested. Five days later, Gomes tried to obtain a replacement gun. Gomes has a violent criminal history, having been charged with assault and battery at age 15 and arrested twice on drug possession charges at age 17.
DaCosta was sentenced to 106 months in federal prison in May 2017. Monteiro pleaded guilty in federal court in January 2017 and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 10, 2017. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Glenn A. MacKinlay and Timothy Moran of Weinreb’s Organized Crime and Gang Unit.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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