Fraily Rodriguez Morillo, Fentanyl Trafficking, Massachusetts 2024

Lawrence Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

A 26-year-old Lawrence man has pleaded guilty to his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy in Massachusetts. Fraily Rodriguez Morillo faces significant prison time and fines for his involvement in the crime.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Morillo conspired with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue between March and August 2022. The charges include conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, three counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue.

The charges carry a minimum sentence of 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $10 million. Morillo's sentencing is scheduled for May 7, 2024.

Fraily Rodriguez Morillo, 26, pleaded guilty to the charges in federal court in Boston. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2022 along with Melvin Antonio Perez Medina and Manuel Fredis Guerrero Guzman.

Between March and August 2022, Morillo and his co-conspirators allegedly distributed and possessed with intent to distribute large quantities of fentanyl in Lawrence, Woburn, Wilmington, and Andover. Specifically, Morillo distributed 50 grams of fentanyl to a cooperating witness in Lawrence on two occasions in April 2022 and worked with Perez Medina to distribute nearly 130 grams of fentanyl and over 560 grams of a mixture of fentanyl and p-fluorofentanyl to a cooperating witness and Woburn in July 2022.

On August 2022, Perez Medina was arrested and found in possession of nearly two kilograms of a mixture containing fentanyl and a fentanyl analogue, which were secreted inside a cereal box.

Additional information about the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations, and the remaining defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/lawrence-man-pleads-guilty-fentanyl-trafficking-conspiracy-4