BOSTON — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Massachusetts), published as received.
BOSTON – A Fitchburg man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for dealing Oxycodone.
Marc Merchant, 54, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to four years in prison and three years of supervised release. In March 2018, Merchant pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute Oxycodone.
On three occasions, Merchant distributed Oxycodone to an undercover agent in transactions that were audio and video recorded. On two instances, Aug. 9, 2016, and Feb. 17, 2017, Merchant distributed 100 pills to the agent, and on March 8, 2017, Merchant distributed 200 pills to the agent. When Merchant was arrested in April 2017, he was in possession of over $4,000 in cash and approximately 40 Oxycodone pills.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; and Fitchburg Police Chief Ernest F. Martineau made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Grady of Lelling’s Worcester Branch Office prosecuted the case.
