Cranston Man Sentenced For Hiding Drugs In Kid's Ninja Turtle Backpack

CRANSTON, RI — A Cranston man was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after being convicted of storing more than 1,000 counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine or fentanyl in a child's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles backpack inside the apartment he shared with his three children.

Davith Hoy, 42, was arrested in March 2021 and pleaded guilty on March 16, 2022, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Prosecutors said Hoy sold methamphetamine and fentanyl pills to other distributors. This came to light after Ronald Kramer, 38, a dealer from Providence, was arrested in an unrelated case, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors said Hoy was Kramer's supplier.

According to court documents, federal agents saw Hoy meet with Kramer's girlfriend, Rebecca Beauchamp,37, of North Providence, and give her pills.

On March 19, 2021, federal agents searched Hoy's Cranston home and seized fentanyl and meth pills Hoy was hiding inside the child's backpack, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said they also found parts of a pill press and other items used to manufacture meth and fentanyl pills. The pills were manufactured to mimic the appearance of the prescription drug Adderall.

Hoy was sentenced Monday to 87 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release.

Kramer and Beauchamp are awaiting trial in U.S. District Court on methamphetamine trafficking charges. Kramer also faces a federal charge of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.