Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
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Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Alison Skerrett, 32, of Worcester was also ordered to serve four years supervised release following the completion of his prison term.
Skerrett pled guilty on March 16, 2018, to conspiracy to possess more than one kilogram of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of cocaine.
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According to information presented to the Court, from May 2016 until his arrest in June 2017, Skerrett made at least 14 trips to Puerto Rico. During each trip, Skerrett either assisted William Gonzalez in purchasing and shipping cocaine back to Rhode Island through the U.S. Mail or he did so on his own.
According to information presented to the Court, on August 28, 2016, Skerrett and Gonzalez traveled together to Puerto Rico, purchased a kilogram of cocaine, divided it up into packages of 300-gram quantities, and mailed the packages to Rhode Island.
Gonzalez was arrested two days later by Rhode Island State Police. Skerrett, however, continued to participate in the conspiracy with the Puerto Rican cocaine distributor by continuing to purchasing large quantities of cocaine and shipping the cocaine back to Rhode Island.
During the course of the conspiracy, Skerrett possessed and delivered 14 kilograms of cocaine. Gonzalez admitted being responsible for at least 203 packages containing a minimum of 300 grams each that were shipped from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island.
Gonzalez was responsible for the shipment of nearly 61 kilograms of cocaine into Rhode Island.
Gonzalez’s federal prison sentence was ordered served consecutive to a sentence of 25 years - 12 years to serve imposed in Rhode Island state court on August 31, 2016, in an unrelated case.