By GAZETTE STAFF
SPRINGFIELD – A 34-year-old Holyoke man was sentenced to prison in U.S. District Court on Thursday for distributing heroin.
Jose Rodriguez was sentenced by Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 90 months in prison and four years of supervised release. In October 2020, Rodriguez pleaded guilty to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute heroin.
Rodriguez sold heroin on Sept. 19 and 27, 2018 in Holyoke and also possessed and intended to distribute 100 or more grams of heroin on July 6, 2019 in Holyoke, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts. The charges were the result of an investigation into heroin trafficking in Holyoke.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd E. Newhouse of the U.S. Attorney’s Springfield Branch Office is prosecuting the case.