Boston Yesterday, a resident of Wareham received a sentence for distributing fentanyl to a 42-year-old man who overdosed and died.
The Massachusetts Department of Justice reports that U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper sentenced 40-year-old Troy Jones to 92 months in prison, with three years of supervised release, and ordered him to reimburse the victim’s family $7,868 for funeral costs. In August 2024, Jones entered a guilty plea to one count of selling fentanyl that caused death and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl that caused death. A federal grand jury charged Jones and Kayla Nightingale, his co-conspirator, in October 2020.
Jones and Nightingale collaborated to deliver fentanyl in Wareham, including to a 42-year-old resident, between January 2019 until at least April 3, 2019. That resident passed away from a fentanyl overdose on April 2, 2019.
In August 2024, Nightingale entered a guilty plea; she will be punished on January 8, 2025.
The statement was made today by U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy, Wareham Police Chief Walter Correia, and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division. Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble is the superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police. The case is being prosecuted by Criminal Division Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared Dolan.
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