NH Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking

Acting U.S. Attorney Donald Feith announced on Oct. 27, 2015, that Jamie Hilow, 28, of Winchester, pled guilty before United States District Judge Landya B. McCafferty to Conspiracy to Distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, according to a press statement.

An offer of proof made during the change of plea hearing established that Hilow was employed as a runner for a drug trafficking organization headed, authorities allege, by Ross Gould, 28, of Richmond. Hilow distributed heroin for Gould to numerous individuals in and around Keene.

On March 16, 2015, Gould was charged federally with possession with the intent to distribute heroin after search warrants executed at his Richmond, residence and another residence utilized by Gould to store narcotics on March 10, resulted in the seizure of over a kilogram of heroin, a large quantity of cocaine, prescription pills, currency, and 14 firearms.

“The United States Attorney’s Office is committed to working with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to address the significant presence of heroin in New Hampshire,” stated Feith. “This case is a classic example of the results that can be achieved when resources are pooled and directed towards the sources of this dangerous drug.”

Hilow is detained pending his sentencing on Feb. 16, 2016. Hilow faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years of imprisonment and a maximum sentence of life, a fine up to $10 million and a term of supervised release of at least five years and as much as life. Supervised release is a period following Hilow’s incarceration during which he will be under the supervision of the United States Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations; New Hampshire Attorney General’s Drug Task Force; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; New Hampshire State Police; Keene, Richmond, and Salem Police Departments. Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Cole Davis is prosecuting the case.