Crime & Safety

Danvers Woman Gets Probation In Drug Case

Ilona Castillo had argued she didn't know her husband was running a drug ring during her jury trial last month.

SALEM, MA -- A Salem Superior Court judge sentenced Ilona Castillo, 30, formerly of Danvers, to one year probation Thursday. Castillo was convicted of conspiring to possess heroin and fentanyl during a jury trial in December. During the trial, Castillo's attorneys had argued that she did not know her husband was running a drug distribution ring.

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