Dominican Man Charged With Distributing Fentanyl Pills
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 7:15 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
BOSTON, MA.- Last Tuesday, April 29, 2025, a 41-year-old Dominican national illegally residing in Haverhill and Methuen, Massachusetts, was taken into custody and charged for allegedly conspiring to distribute around 600 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.
According to U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley, on Tuesday, Jose Radham Sanchez, 41, was charged by federal criminal complaint with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, Fentanyl. After being taken into custody on Tuesday, Sanchez made his initial appearance in Federal Court in Boston, Massachusetts, and was ordered detained pending a detention hearing, which has been scheduled for today, May 6, 2025.
According To The Criminal Complaint
According to the charging information filed in the criminal complaint, in April 2025, Sanchez allegedly sold a total of around 600 suspected fentanyl pills to a confidential informant. Specifically, on April 9, 2025, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Sanchez allegedly distributed around 200 suspected fentanyl pills pressed to resemble 30 milligram oxycodone pills. It is further alleged that at the time of the sale, Sanchez had a child in the car.
On April 17, 2025, Sanchez allegedly distributed around 400 counterfeit oxycodone pills suspected to contain fentanyl at a restaurant in Methuen, Massachusetts.
It is further alleged that, in 2024, two suspected overdose victims were found in Sanchez’s Haverhill home. On one occasion, in February 2024, Police Officers found a woman who had overdosed at the residence. The woman survived. It is alleged that although Sanchez told Police Officers at the time in 2024 that he had found the victim “on the side of the road in his neighborhood and allowed her into his home” and “denied having knowledge that the woman was a drug user,” recent phone records allegedly uncovered that Sanchez had contacted the woman 171 times in less than a week in March 2025.
On another occasion, in April 2024, a two-year-old child was found unresponsive and not breathing at Sanchez’s residence. According to the charging information, the toddler later tested positive for fentanyl and cocaine. Sanchez also tested positive for cocaine at the time. The toddler survived.
If convicted at trial, Sanchez faces up to 20 years in federal prison, at least three years of supervised release, and a $1 million fine. Upon completing any imposed sentence, Sanchez will face immediate deportation proceedings and be removed from the United States.
“The rules of the federal court require us to include a statement that states: The charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations, and the defendant and or defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.”
