BOSTON – A Revere man has been convicted in federal courtroom in Boston of cocaine offenses.
Francisco Restrepo Mesa, 55, was sentenced on July 10, 2024 by United States District Courtroom Choose Denise J. Casper to 68 months in jail to be adopted by three years of supervised launch. In April 2024, Restrepo pleaded responsible to at least one depend of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or extra of cocaine, one depend of possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or extra of cocaine and one depend of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or extra of cocaine.
In March 2023, a co-conspirator recovered two kilograms of cocaine from Restrepo in a Revere condo he stored as a drug stash. A search was carried out in Restrepo's condo, yielding 15.5 kilograms of cocaine and $190,750. After his arrest, Restrepo informed his spouse throughout recorded jail calls that authorities missed a number of the medication throughout their search. A second search warrant was executed in Revere's condo stash and a further 1.6 kilograms of cocaine was recovered from a hidden compartment within the lavatory wall.
United States Legal professional Joshua S. Levy; Stephen Belleau, Particular Agent in Cost of the Drug Enforcement Company, New England Subject Division; and John E. Mawn, Jr., Interim Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police made the announcement immediately. Assistant United States Legal professional Katherine Ferguson, Deputy Chief of the Narcotics & Cash Laundering Unit and OCDETF Lead Process Pressure Legal professional, prosecuted the case.
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