Tauton Man Sentenced For Distributing Large Quantities Of Illicit Narcotics

Monday, July 21, 2025, 7:00 A.M. ET. 3 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

BOSTON, MA.- Late last week, a 42-year-old Tauton, Massachusetts, man learned he would be spending the next decade-and-a-half in federal prison after being sentenced for participating in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy that was responsible for distributing wholesale quantities of illicit narcotics throughout Braintree and Somerville, Massachusetts, and for fraudulent using another’s identity to rent properties to conduct his narcotics distribution activities.

     According to U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, Terrence Pyrtle, also known as “Big T,” “T,” and “big_t558,” 42, of Tauton, Massachusetts, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 180 months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for his previously entered guilty plea.

In April Pyrtle Pleads Guilty To Multiple Federal Charges

     In April 2025, Pyrtle appeared in the U.S. District Court in Boston, Massachusetts, and pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Cocaine, 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl, 100 Grams or More of Fentanyl Analogue and Methamphetamine; two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Cocaine, 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl, 100 Grams or More of Fentanyl Analogue and Methamphetamine; one count of Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft; one count of Access Device Fraud; and one count of Aggravated Indentity Theft.

     Pyrtle was initially charged in April 2023, along with his co-conspirator Ashley Roostaie. In May 2025, Judge Saris sentenced Roostaie to two years of federal probation and ordered her to pay a fine of $1,000 as well as $1,000 in restitution.

According To Court Documents

     According to documents filed with the District Court, Pyrtle and Roostaie utilized the personal identification information, including the name, date of birth, and social security number of an unknowing individual, to fraudulently enter lease agreements for two apartments in Braintree and Somerville, Massachusetts, in which Pyrtle then used to participate in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, fentanyl analogue, and methamphetamine. 

     The drug trafficking conspiracy in which Pyrtle participated also extended to other locations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     Pyrtle and Roostaie also created an email account and obtained a counterfeit driver’s license using the individual’s identification information. Pyrtle and Roostaie also used the individual’s identification information to obtain a Green Dot debit card account, which they utilized to make rent payments for the fraudulently leased apartments. By placing the apartment leases under another individual’s identification, Roostaie and Pyrtle were able to conceal their connection to and the use of the apartments, which were used by Pyrtle in furtherance of his drug distribution and drug conspiracy.