Braintree man sentenced to four years in prison on cocaine trafficking, ammunition charges

The Patriot Ledger
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BOSTON – A Braintree man was sentenced Wednesday for trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing ammunition.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Martin Angomas, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to four years in prison and three years of supervised release.

On June 16, Angomas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and to possessing ammunition as a convicted felon.

He was charged with 23 others in June 2020 as part of Operation Snowfall, a multiyear investigation into a drug trafficking organization consisting of Boston-based street gang members and associates.

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Beginning in November 2018, authorities investigated drug trafficking by gang members and associates in the Commonwealth Development apartment complex in Brighton, formerly known as Fidelis Way.

Authorities said the defendants took control of apartments, where they stored, cooked, packaged and sold drugs.

The investigation identified Angomas as a drug distributor and supplier. During intercepted communications between Angomas and co-defendant Hassan Monroe, a wholesale supplier and distributor within the organization, Angomas coordinated providing Monroe with cocaine to be given to Kenji Drayton, one of the organization’s principal suppliers and distributors.

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Angomas and Monroe were later observed meeting at an agreed-upon location, getting into a vehicle and driving to meet Drayton for the deal. They then left in separate vehicles.

During a search of Angomas’ home in June 2020, ammunition, cocaine base (crack cocaine), two loaded firearms and over $360,000 were seized. At the time, Angomas had a prior conviction punishable by a more than one year in prison.

Angomas is the 12th defendant to be sentenced in the case. The remaining defendants are either awaiting sentencing or pleaded innocent and are awaiting trial. One defendant, Derek Hart, remains at large.

On Sept. 28, Drayton was sentenced to five years in prison and four years of supervised release. On July 28, Monroe was sentenced to six years in prison and four years of supervised release.

The federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces investigation received help from police in Braintree, Canton, Randolph and Weymouth; the Norfolk County district attorney's office; and the Norfolk and Plymouth county sheriff's offices, among others.

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