Bay State man involved in massive drug ring gets 46 months

CONCORD - A Massachusetts man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for his role in a criminal organization supplying huge amounts of fentanyl and cocaine into the Granite State.

Osvaldo Soto Jimenez, 30, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. In August 2024, Soto Jimenez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. He is the eighth of 21 charged defendants in the drug trafficking organization to be sentenced.

"As the manager of the dispatch operation that arranged the purchases and deliveries of fentanyl and cocaine, the defendant enabled this organization to traffic dangerous narcotics from Massachusetts and into our communities," said U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young in a statement released Tuesday. "The defendant will now face the consequences of his criminal conduct by serving 46 months in federal prison. Other drug traffickers should be on notice that they will face the same consequences if they dare to traffic poison into our communities."

"Osvaldo Soto Jimenez took part in a conspiracy led by his father that saw vast amounts of deadly fentanyl and cocaine brought here to Manchester, with no regard for the harm he caused in this community," said Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Boston Division. "Today's sentence is a win for the FBI and all our partners as we work together to get dangerous drugs and criminals off the street."

The defendant was part of a Massachusetts-based drug trafficking organization that was distributing significant quantities of fentanyl and cocaine in New Hampshire, primarily in Manchester, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office. The organization used a dispatch operation to sell drugs. Customers called a phone line to purchase narcotics, where they would speak to the defendant. The defendant would then send a runner to conduct the drug sale at an arranged meeting location. The defendant arranged runners to conduct these drug sales on three occasions and personally delivered drugs himself on two other occasions. A search of the defendant's shared Massachusetts-based residence yielded approximately $15,000 and drug ledgers in his bedroom, and firearms in a common area. A search of a vehicle used by the defendant yielded roughly 94 grams of fentanyl and 196 grams of crack cocaine packaged in small baggies for distribution.