Harsh Sentence for 'Violent' Drug Dealer Who Flooded Cape Cod with Oxycodone

A Sandwich man who “flooded” Cape Cod with oxycodone in a multi-million dollar drug dealing operation was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Stanley Gonsalves on Friday was sentenced to 25 years in prison and forced to seize at least $3.5 million.

Authorities said he ran the operation with his brother, Joshua—who earlier this year was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The brothers are “violent criminals” who contributed to the pain and suffering of opiate addicts and their families.

“Opiates are ruining lives, tearing apart families, and poisoning our Commonwealth,” said United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz. “While much has been written lately about the incarceration of low-level, non-violent drug defendants, the two defendants in this case are precisely the type of defendant who should be targeted by federal law enforcement: recidivist, violent criminals operating a significant drug organization in a community suffering from opiate abuse.”

The brother generated more than $5 million from their drug sales, Ortiz said.

Authorities said in 2011, the brothers rammed a vehicle in a dispute over drugs. Stanley Gonsalves also armed himself with an assault rifle.

The brothers obtained thousands of oxycodone pills in South Florida then shipped then up to the Cape, prosecutors said.

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