BOSTON, MA – In a federal court in Boston, Roberto Fonseca-Rivera, 46, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to his role in a cocaine distribution operation on the South Shore.
Fonseca-Rivera conspired with co-defendant Angel Morales, 46, of Stoughton, and others, to distribute cocaine in Canton, Stoughton, Randolph, Quincy and Weymouth from late February 2016 until July 19, 2016.
Morales asked Fonseca-Rivera and another individual to receive packages containing cocaine that were being shipped from Puerto Rico to locations in Randolph and Canton, where Fonseca-Rivera had rented private mailboxes.
Fonseca-Rivera received at least eight packages from Puerto Rico and delivered them to Morales, who paid Fonseca-Rivera for receiving the cocaine. Morales and Fonseca-Rivera then distributed the cocaine to other individuals.
The charging statute provides a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, a mandatory minimum of three years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of $1 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Fonseca-Rivera is scheduled to be sentenced on December 6, 2017.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys James E. Arnold and Craig E. Estes of the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts’ Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit are prosecuting the case.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, the Massachusetts State Police, and the Stoughton Police Department.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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