A Rhode Island woman was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for her role in a multistate drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and meth, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced April 1.
According to the U.S. attorney’s office, Denise Guyette, 31, conspired with co-defendants Gerardo Garza and Nathan Boddie to distribute controlled substances including fentanyl pills, methamphetamine and cocaine in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and other states.
The office said the drug trafficking organization used the mail to ship narcotics from Arizona, often concealing them inside packages containing children’s items such as toy trucks, Halloween decorations and Disney merchandise.
Court documents revealed that between May and October 2022, investigators intercepted seven parcels containing more than 900 grams of methamphetamine, thousands of counterfeit fentanyl pills and suspected Dimethyltryptamine, a potent hallucinogen, the U.S. attorney’s office reported.
According to the office, when Guyette was arrested on Feb. 8, 2023, law enforcement found approximately 6.5 kilograms of pure methamphetamine and more than 2,700 counterfeit fentanyl pills, weighing over 300 grams, secured in a safe in her bedroom.
The U.S. attorney’s office stated that a digital scale, along with multiple Rhode Island and Massachusetts driver’s licenses, Social Security cards and credit cards bearing other individuals’ names, were also recovered from her residence.
The office confirmed Boddie was sentenced to 84 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Sept. 19, 2023, after pleading guilty.
Garza has also pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing, the U.S. attorney’s office added.
