Luis Torres, Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy, Massachusetts 2024

A Worcester man has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for his involvement in a cocaine distribution conspiracy.

Luis Torres, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman on June 1, 2024, to 8 years in prison, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release. The Court also entered a judgement of forfeiture of $26,480 in cash.

Torres pleaded guilty in June 2024 to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and one count of use of a communication facility to facilitate a drug felony.

According to court records, Torres conspired with others to coordinate delivery of a package from Puerto Rico known by him to contain 4-6 kilograms of cocaine and to take possession of the cocaine with the intent to distribute it.

In June 2022, law enforcement intercepted the package and executed a controlled delivery during which another individual accepted the package while Torres sat in a nearby car.

Torres was arrested at the scene, and $26,480 in cash was recovered. Torres was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2022.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kaitlin Brown of the Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/worcester-man-sentenced-eight-years-prison-drug-distribution-conspiracy