Lawrence Heroin-Fentanyl Dealer Gets Prison Time

CONCORD, NH — A Bay State drug dealer was sentenced to nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty to an intent to distribute charge in July, according to the U.S. District Court. Ernesto L. Reyes, 26, of Lawrence, MA, was given the 46-month sentence on Oct. 19, 2017, possessing heroin and fentanyl with intent to distribute. Reyes was stopped by the New Hampshire State Police on Route 125 in Plaistow on Nov. 11, 2016, due to a motor vehicle violation.

After refusing to identify himself to troopers, they attempted to take him into custody but Reyes resisted arrest, according to press reports last year. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Salem NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. Like Salem NH Patch of Facebook)

Reyes was eventually brought under control. Troopers observed 10 fingers – about 100 grams, with a street value of $3,600 – wrapped in a green package on the floor of his Jeep Grand Cherokee. Tests later confirmed that the powder inside the packages was a mixture of heroin and fentanyl.

In a statement, Acting U.S. Attorney Farley said prosecutors in his office were working each day with law enforcement to prevent fentanyl and heroin from being distributed in the Granite State.

“I thank our partners at the state police for their work on this matter,” he said. “Their actions prevented these deadly drugs from being sold in New Hampshire.”

Image via New Hampshire State Police.