Drug dealer who regularly posed for social media with drugs and guns sentenced

Drug dealer who regularly posed for social media with drugs and guns sentenced

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Woonsocket man was sentenced Thursday to federal prison after a firearm and drug trafficking conviction, according to acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom. Jose Marrero, 36, pleaded guilty to charges of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He will now serve more than 15 years in federal pr…

Violent Woonsocket drug dealer sentenced

PROVIDENCE – Jose Marrero, 36, of Woonsocket, describe in court documents as a "violent, machine gun-trafficking, kilogram-level drug dealer" was sentenced Thursday to more than 15 years in federal prison.