Two More Oxycodone Dealers Get Prison Time

CONCORD, NH — Two more members of a Northeast Oxycodone drug dealing ring have received prison time after pleading guilty to drug dealing charges, according to a U.S. District Court ruling. Samuel Garcia, 37, and Jennifer Nunez, 26, were given "lengthy prison sentences" for their roles in a large-scale Oxycodone trafficking ring that had operated in Manchester, according to Acting-U.S. Attorney John Farley.

Garcia was sentenced on April 12, 2017, to 188 months in federal prison. Yesterday, Nunez received a 132 month sentence.

Court documents show that the defendants were arrested after a law enforcement investigation that lasted from 2013 to August 2014. The investigation included the use of cooperating individuals to purchase oxycodone pills, as well as the use of wiretaps and search warrants. Most of the defendants were arrested on Aug. 27, 2014, Farley noted in a statement.

Law enforcement officers made the arrests as Raul Hernandez attempted to deliver more than 600 oxycodone pills to the residence of Samuel Garcia and Jennifer Nunez on Eastern Avenue in Manchester. A search warrant was executed at that residence and more than 800 additional pills, as well as more than $30,000 in cash, and three firearms were recovered from that location.

Garcia, Jennifer Nunez, Hernandez, and Johanna Nunez were arrested that day. Another defendant, Jose Nunez was arrested in October 2014, after returning to the United States from the Dominican Republic.

"This group was responsible for the distribution of tens of thousands of oxycodone pills in the Manchester area over the course of several years," Farley noted.

As part of the investigation, law enforcement officers also identified and prosecuted a New York-based source of supply, Manuel Tirado. Wiretap conversations revealed that Tirado arranged to supply some of the pills that Garcia and his associates were selling. On one occasion, Jose Nunez was stopped in Massachusetts while transporting $18,900 in cash that was to be used to pay for oxycodone pills that were being supplied by Tirado. As a result of this investigation, more than $59,000 in cash, four firearms, a substantial quantity of ammunition, and a Honda Accord were all forfeited civilly.

All of the individuals who were involved in this conspiracy have pleaded guilty. An additional defendant, Edward Anthony Hiciano Beltre, is a fugitive. Garcia is likely to be deported to the Dominican Republic following his release from prison.

In addition to these defendants, several additional individuals who obtained oxycodone from this organization and resold it to customers have pleaded guilty to charges related to their roles in the scheme. Ryan Demers, William Alba, Bonnie Labrie, Krystal Mailhot, and Yonajaira Galarza Ramos have all entered guilty pleas in federal court.