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Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine Trafficking

Raymundo Dejesus, 45, pleaded guilty on August 25, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Portland to possessing fentanyl and crack cocaine with intent to distribute and conspiracy.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 25, 2026, 5:10 p.m. ET
A Massachusetts man guilty on August 25, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Portland to possessing fentanyl and crack cocaine with intent to distribute and conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine. Court records state that on September 15, 2025, law enforcement in Woodstock, Maine, observed three men engaging in an apparent drug transaction. When investigators contacted the men, two fled into the woods. One man was apprehended after a foot pursuit and found with approximately 27 grams of cocaine. The other man evaded law enforcement that day but was quickly identified as Raymundo Dejesus, 45, an associate of the Trinitario street gang. During searches of the area where Dejesus was last seen before fleeing, investigators recovered a bag containing approximately 35 grams of a substance containing fentanyl, a bag containing approximately 17 grams of cocaine base, and two firearms. Dejesus faces up to 20 years in prison, a maximum fine of $1 million, and up to a lifetime of supervised release. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigative report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. The FBI's Safe Streets Task Force investigated the case with assistance from the Rumford Police Department, the Norway Police Department, the Oxford County Sheriff's Office, and U.S. Border Patrol. This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159.

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