BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to over 5 and a half years in prison for supplying drugs in the Rutland area.
Federal authorities say Eddie Melendez, aka “Bart,” was sentenced Tuesday in Burlington after previously pleading guilty to conspiring with others to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base.
According to court records, he was the leader of an organization that transported hundreds of grams of cocaine base and thousands of bags of heroin/fentanyl from Massachusetts to the Rutland area over a nearly five-year period ending in January. The group, which included nearly a dozen dealers, used area hotels and at least five private homes to sell the drugs.
In addition to 68 months in prison, Melendez will have a three year term of supervised release.