Date: 03-18-2025

Case Style:

United States of America v. Jonathan Masa-Gonzalez

Case Number: 22-cr-1242

Judge: Not Available

Court: The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office for Providence

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Description:

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Kilos of Cocaine
Rhode Island Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Kilos of Cocaine

A Rhode Island man was indicted for providing kilos of cocaine that made its way to mid-level distributors and street-level drug dealers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Jonathan Masa-Gonzalez, 29, is among more than a dozen individuals charged in federal court in September 2021 during a multi-agency Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation into a wide-ranging street-level drug trafficking conspiracy. Many of the individuals charged had previously been convicted of violent crimes such as firearm, robbery, assault, and domestic violence charges.

According to court documents and information presented to the court, Masa-Gonzalez was responsible for brokering the sale of multiple kilograms of cocaine to a leader of the conspiracy.

Masa-Gonzalez pleaded guilty on June 5, 2024, to a charge of conspiracy to distribute and to possesses with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. He was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy to 60 months of incarceration to be followed by four years of federal supervise release.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Stacey A. Erickson.

This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

The matter was investigated by the FBI Rhode Island Safe Street Task Force, DEA, and the Providence Police Department’s Narcotics Bureau.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to five years in federal prison

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