A man has been nailed by a federal jury in Boston for his part in a methamphetamine trafficking ring that spanned from the Pine Tree State to Northern California. Jacob Parlin, 44, of Lebanon, Maine, was found guilty on November 30, 2023, of conspiracy to distribute and to possess 50 grams or more of the dangerous drug. Parlin with a possible life sentence and a fine that could soar as high as $10 million, according to the U.S Attorney Office.
Parlin was one of ten indicted back in December 2021, his conviction putting a period at the end of this federal case where he had been deep in the thick of meth trafficking, beginning around March 2020 until May 2021. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin has penciled in March 7, 2024, for when Parlin will learn his fate. The charges he faces pack a mandate: a minimum of ten years up to a permanent spot in the clink. Feds have the calculator out on this one, tallying up Parlin's due using the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the statutes in play, as stated by the U.S Attorney Office.
Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy slung credit for this clampdown to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and the prosecutor-fueled, multi-agency might of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces operation. This band of federal muscle aims to rip out the roots of high-level criminal enterprises threatening the good order of the United States.
