- Office of Attorney General Maura Healey
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Boston — A Dorchester man has been sentenced to four to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to trafficking heroin, conspiracy to distribute heroin and falsifying a license, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.
Jose Alejandro Ortiz Diaz a.k.a. Armando Figueroa Morales a.k.a. Victor Ortiz Acevedo, age 47, pleaded guilty Monday in Suffolk Superior Court to the charges of Trafficking over 18 grams of Heroin, Conspiracy, and Falsification of a License. Following the plea, Judge Rosalyn Miller sentenced Ortiz Diaz to four to five years in state prison with two years of probation to serve upon completing his sentence.
“We are losing four people a day to the heroin and opioid epidemic,” said AG Healey. “These are peoples’ mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children and friends. This defendant will now serve time in state prison for bringing this deadly drug onto our streets and into our communities.”
Judge Christopher Muse sentenced Ortiz Diaz’s co-defendant Glaciris Hidalgo, age 42, to five years of probation in March 2016 after a Suffolk County Jury found her guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin.
Massachusetts State Police assigned to the AG’s Office began an investigation in November 2014 into alleged heroin distribution at a residence in Dorchester. On Dec. 15, 2014, authorities executed a search warrant at the residence and found approximately 44 grams of heroin and other paraphernalia consistent with drugs being prepared and packaged for sale, including small plastic bags and digital scales.
Following the execution of the search warrant, Ortiz Diaz and Hidalgo were arrested by State Police. Authorities found a fraudulent Massachusetts ID card on Ortiz Diaz during the arrest.
Ortiz Diaz and Hidalgo were indicted by a Suffolk County Grand Jury in March 2015.
The AG’s Office has been working closely with its federal, state and local partners to combat illegal drug trafficking. AG Healey formed an internal task force to more aggressively combat the heroin and prescription drug abuse crisis in Massachusetts. The AG’s Office is using a multi-faceted approach that includes education for prescribers, pursuing illegal drug traffickers and pill mills, and expanding access to recovery and treatment programs.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorneys General Megan McLaughlin and Allyson Portney, both of AG Healey’s Enterprise and Mayor Crimes Division. Hidalgo’s case was prosecuted by former Assistant Attorney General Marina Moriarty of AG Healey’s Enterprise and Major Crimes Division. The case was investigated by State Police assigned to the AG’s Office.
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