Jeffrey Oliveira, Fentanyl Trafficking, Massachusetts 2017

A Brockton man was sentenced for trafficking fentanyl in Massachusetts.

Jeffrey Oliveira, 22, also known as Chubbs, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In addition, Oliveira is prohibited from contacting members and associates of the Turner Street gang.

Oliveira pleaded guilty in January 2017 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. The charges stem from a seven-month state and federal investigation into violent crime in the Brockton area.

In May 2016, Oliveira and six others were indicted on fentanyl trafficking and firearms-related charges. The investigation revealed that Oliveira and his co-defendants were distributing drugs in the Brockton area, and on several occasions, law enforcement officers seized fentanyl from the defendants’ associates.

In April 2016, Oliveira and Alezio Lopes were arrested after the investigation revealed that Lopes was supplying drugs to Oliveira and his co-defendants. Law enforcement officers seized three bags of fentanyl and a loaded gun from the car that Oliveira and Lopes were driving at the time of their arrest.

Oliveira is the fourth defendant of seven sentenced in this case. Lopes is charged with state violations.

The case was announced by Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb; Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; Colonel Richard D. McKeon, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz; and Brockton Police Chief John Crowley. Assistant U.S. Attorney Glenn A. MacKinlay of Weinreb’s Organized Crime and Gang Unit is prosecuting the case.

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