BOSTON, MA — A man was sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl following a series of controlled drug purchases in Brookline and Boston, the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced.
Shaquylle Burden, 32, of Roslindale, was sentenced to five years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release. Burden pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. He and co-conspirator Kerry Charlotin were arrested and charged in December 2025.
According to authorities, an investigation into drug trafficking activities involving Burden and Charlotin began in June 2025. Investigators determined the two men were selling fentanyl in the greater Boston area. On two separate dates in October and December 2025, Burden and Charlotin sold or arranged the sale of fentanyl to undercover law enforcement during controlled purchases.
Authorities found a firearm at Burden's Roslindale residence at the time of his arrest. Charlotin also pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, Nov. 2.
The investigation involved the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Boston Police Department, with assistance from the FBI's Columbia Field Office in South Carolina.
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