Wilkin Andre Beltre Arias, Heroin Trafficking, New Hampshire 2016

A 39-year-old Lawrence man has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that distributed substantial quantities of heroin in New Hampshire.

Wilkin Andre Beltre Arias, 39, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced on Monday to serve 54 months in federal prison for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed substantial quantities of heroin.

According to documents filed with the court, the defendant participated in a drug trafficking organization between June 2016 and October 2016. He received drugs from this organization and delivered drugs to his customers from Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The defendant worked at a barbershop in Lawrence and used the shop as a delivery point for his customers.

The defendant pleaded guilty on September 21, 2017 to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with the intent to distribute, heroin. Court records show that he faces likely deportation to the Dominican Republic following his prison sentence.

The investigation and prosecution of this defendant were part of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) effort to address heroin distribution in New Hampshire. In addition to this prosecution, several others have been sentenced for their roles in the conspiracy, including Alberto Guerrero Marte, 38, who received 15 years, Toribio Guerrero Marte, 34, who received 10 years, Maria Miguelina Lara, 33, who received 36 months, Allan Raymond Pimentel, 22, who received 57 months, Jose De La Altagracia Pimentel Lara, 26, who received 63 months, Allison DeJesus, age 19, who received five years of probation, Jonaly DeJesus, 22, who received time served and five years of supervised release, and Mark Gagnon, 54, of Candia, who received 48 months. Michell DeJesus, 34, Santo Rodolfo Garcia Mendez, 33, and Edward Garcia, 31, are awaiting sentencing.

The case was investigated by the DEA; Homeland Security Investigations; the Massachusetts State Police; the Haverhill Police Department; the United States Marshals Service; the New Hampshire State Police; the Manchester Police Department; the Lawrence Police Department; the Lowell Police Department, the Methuen Police Department, and the Hillsborough County Drug Task Force. The 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. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Feith.

The defendant’s real full name is Wilkin Andre Beltre Arias, and he is a 39-year-old man from Lawrence, Massachusetts. The exact criminal charges are conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with the intent to distribute, heroin. The city and state are Lawrence, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The exact date of the crime is between June 2016 and October 2016. The sentence or outcome is 54 months in prison. The dollar amounts are not applicable in this case.