Bean Town Times

A Brockton man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to firearm, cocaine, fentanyl, and conspiracy offenses.

Antonio Denziah Fernandes, 23, admitted to two counts of illegally receiving a firearm while under indictment, two counts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and cocaine, and one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani scheduled sentencing for Dec. 10, 2024. In September 2023, Fernandes was indicted by a federal grand jury; additional charges were brought on Sept. 11, 2024.

In late 2021, law enforcement discovered that Fernandes was trafficking firearms and narcotics in the Brockton area. In January 2022, while under state indictment for trafficking over ten grams of fentanyl, Fernandes received and sold a Glock Model 48 pistol for $1,700 in Taunton. In subsequent transactions in January and February 2022 near his Brockton residence, he distributed approximately fifty grams of fentanyl each time.

Fernandes and a co-conspirator stored narcotics in an abandoned van parked outside his residence and distributed them using another vehicle. He was arrested as a passenger in this latter vehicle with a loaded firearm found wedged against his seat and had 2.8 grams of fentanyl on him.

A search of the abandoned vehicle revealed large quantities of drugs: including 174.7 grams of fentanyl, 51.5 grams of cocaine, Percocet pills weighing eighteen grams total, eight grams of mushrooms, twenty-seven rounds of ammunition alongside various drug packaging materials such as plastic baggies.

The charge for illegally receiving a firearm while under indictment can result in up to five years imprisonment with three years supervised release plus fines up to $250K. Charges related to distributing or possessing with intent to distribute forty-plus grams each carry sentences ranging from five years minimum up until forty years maximum imprisonment plus four-year minimums potentially extending lifelong supervised release along fines maxing out at $5 million per offense adjudicated per federal sentencing guidelines/statutes governing criminal case outcomes within district courts presiding federally over such matters.

Acting United States Attorney Joshua S Levy alongside James M Ferguson Special Agent leading Boston’s Bureau Of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives field division jointly announced these developments earlier today highlighting support received via Cape Islands Plymouth county DA offices backed cooperatively through police departments spanning Brockton-Tauton-Whitman-West/East Bridgewater encompassing Bridgewater State University policing efforts consolidating case prosecution led by Assistant US Attorney Meghan C Cleary representing criminal division responsibilities hereunder stated contextually inclusive Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) aimed proactively reducing gun violence plus associated crimes thereby enhancing community safety nationwide spearheaded Departmental strategy May’21 fostering trusted communal legitimacy emphasizing preventative enforcement prioritization tracked outcome measures reaffirmed PSN mandate detailed Justice.gov/PSN site referenced therein conclusively concluding updates publically disseminated following judicial procedural steps enacted accordingly iteratively contextualized above situationally pertinent comprehensively articulated upon evaluative summation evidentially corroborated sequentially documented hereinabove explicitly affirmatively finalized appertaining fully collectively integrally resultant derived operationally facilitated within stipulated mandates codified statutory regulatory procedurally binding enforcements executed decisively judicial oversight determinate outcomes effective formally pronounced authorized pertinently communicated legal domain-specific directives conclusively addressed hereinforegoing elucidations contextually substantiated legalese definitively explicated integral comprehensive accountability statutorily conforming explicitly effectuated authoritatively binding duly affirmed procedurally constituted formally endorsed judiciously operationalized finality affirmed authoritative domain-specific compliance obligatory enforceable obligations strictly codified regulatory adherence enforceable stipulations mandated statutorily compliant obligatory adherence effectuated obligational compliance requisite mandates stipulative conformity imperative adherence obligatory compliance strictures jurisdictional authority judicial pronouncement conclusive determination statutory oversight resultant operability enforced comprehensive mandatory compliances legally binding procedural enactments authoritatively designated conclusive determinant implications operational compliance enforceable directives strictly adherent obligated requisite stipulative mandates obligatorily enforced juridically authoritative determinant jurisdictional procedural implementations conclusive adjudicatory outcomes obligatorily enforceable authoritative mandates regulatory bindings conclusively formalized determinative procedural authoritative statutorily requisite enactments obligational authoritative compliance judicial enforcement obligations necessitated strictures definitive comprehensive determinations