Franklyn Morillo, Oxycodone and Cocaine Trafficking, New Hampshire 2017

A Haverhill resident has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and cocaine.

Franklyn Morillo, 42, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced on October 28, 2017, for his role in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone pills and cocaine in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

According to court documents and statements in court, Morillo and others worked together to distribute oxycodone pills and cocaine. The prosecution of Morillo and his associates was the result of a lengthy investigation that included purchases of drugs by cooperating individuals, surveillance, wiretaps, and search warrants.

The investigation showed that this group was responsible for the distribution of thousands of oxycodone pills and several kilograms of cocaine. Over $18,000 in cash and a quantity of cocaine were seized from Morillo’s residence in Haverhill during the execution of a search warrant in August of 2015.

Morillo was arrested on October 1, 2015. A quantity of oxycodone pills and over $2,000 in cash were recovered from his residence at the time of his arrest.

Morillo is one of six individuals indicted by a federal grand jury on September 23, 2015, and charged with conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, controlled substances. The other defendants are: Mara Morillo, 41, of Haverhill, Massachusetts; Juan Rojas, 32, of Haverhill, Massachusetts; Justin Bartimus, 36, formerly of Methuen, Massachusetts; Jorge Medina, 25, of Haverhill, Massachusetts; and Michael Lally, 29, of Salem, New Hampshire.

All of the defendants have pleaded guilty. Morillo pleaded guilty on October 28, 2017.

“The United States Attorney’s Office is committed to working with our law enforcement partners to identify and prosecute those who are responsible for distributing opioids,” Acting U.S. Attorney John J. Farley said. “All too often, the road to heroin or fentanyl addiction begins with the misuse of oxycodone pills. Those who profit from the illicit sales of these pills are contributing to the opioid crisis in the Granite State. We will continue to devote our efforts to putting drug distributors out of business. I commend the efforts of the law enforcement officers in this case for their success in dismantling this drug distribution operation.”

This case was supported by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies involved in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of major drug trafficking organizations.

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