Ossipee man gets 15-30 years for trafficking deadly dose of fentanyl

OSSIPEE - An Ossipee man was sentenced on Thursday on one count of Sale of a Controlled Drug; Death Resulting, four counts of Sale of a Controlled Drug (fentanyl), three counts of Sale of a Controlled Drug (methamphetamine) and one count of Possession of a Controlled Drug with Intent to Distribute.

James Gray, 48, was sentenced to serve 7 ½ to 15 years in state prison on the Sale of a Controlled Drug; Death Resulting charge, 7 ½ to 15 years in state prison on the four Sale of a Controlled Drug (fentanyl) charges, and 3 ½ to 7 years in state prison on the three Sale of a Controlled Drug (methamphetamine) charges.

The seven Sale of a Controlled Drug charges will run concurrent with each other and consecutive to the Sale of a Controlled Drug; Death Resulting charge.

Three years of the defendant's minimum sentence on these charges will be suspended upon completion of certain programming while incarcerated. On the Possession of a Controlled Drug with Intent to Distribute charge, the defendant was sentenced to 1 ½ to 3 years, all of which is suspended for a period of 10 years from his release from incarceration. These sentences result in an aggregate term of 15-30 years in state prison, with 3 years of the minimum suspended upon completion of certain programming, with an additional sentence of 1 ½ to 3 years suspended for a period of 10 years from the date of his release.

The evidence in this case established that between September and November of 2023, the defendant made seven sales of controlled drugs to a confidential informant. On October 17, 2023, the defendant sold a quantity of fentanyl to another individual, who provided the fatal fentanyl dose to the victim.