Robert Roscoe, Fentanyl Trafficking, Massachusetts 2022

Crime

BOSTON, Massachusetts – A career criminal has been sentenced to a total of more than three years in prison for trafficking fentanyl while on supervised release for a previous federal conviction.

Robert Roscoe, 31, of Boston and Attleboro, was sentenced on October 24, 2022, in federal court in Boston for his role in the fentanyl trafficking operation.

Roscoe was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 16 months in prison and three years of supervised release. The sentence will run consecutive to a two-year sentence imposed on Roscoe on June 16, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton for violating his supervised release by distributing fentanyl.

Roscoe’s crimes are just the latest in a long history of violence and lawlessness. He had previously been convicted of armed robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, and assault and battery on a police officer.

Roscoe pleaded guilty on June 30, 2022, to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of distribution of fentanyl. His co-defendant, Ozair Pereira, is scheduled to be sentenced on December 10, 2022.

United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins, James M. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Boston Division, Colonel Christopher Mason, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, Brockton Police Chief Brenda Perez, and New Bedford Police Chief Paul Oliveira made the announcement today.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Pohl of Rollins’ Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit prosecuted the case.

Roscoe’s crimes demonstrate the importance of holding career criminals accountable for their actions. His lengthy sentence is a testament to the efforts of law enforcement and the justice system to keep our communities safe.

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