Providence Man Sent Behind Bars For Heroin Sale

BOSTON, MA — A Providence, Rhode Island man will spend over five years in prison for selling heroin to an undercover officer in Foxborough.

Dennys Villalona, also known as Xavier Martinez-Gonzalez, 30, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston to 66 months in prison and eight years of probation. In September 2017, Villalona pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and possession distribution of more than 100 grams of heroin, and possession of more than 100 grams of heroin with intent to distribute, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

In November 2016, a cooperating source introduced an undercover officer to Villalona for the purpose of supplying heroin to the undercover officer. On Nov. 17, 2016, Villalona and the undercover officer met in the parking lot of the 99 Restaurant on Fisher Street, where Villalona agreed to sell the undercover officer a kilogram of heroin for $55,000. Villalona stated that if the undercover officer kept coming back and business was good, the price would drop to $50,000 or even less per kilogram. Two days later, Villalona and the undercover officer met again, and Villalona supplied the undercover officer with a nearly 10-gram sample of heroin.

On Nov. 22, 2016, Villalona and the undercover officer met at the Pizzeria Uno in Wrentham, where Villalona delivered a package containing 992 grams of heroin to the undercover officer. He was arrested at the scene.

Villalona pleaded guilty to the charges last year.

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