A Haverhill man with a rap sheet that includes manslaughter has copped to his latest set of charges—this time for packing heat and pushing drugs. Ramon Silvelo-Miles, 34, entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl and another count for possession of a firearm to further a drug trafficking crime, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston announced today.
His latest run-in with the law began when Officers pulled over Silvelo-Miles after spotting him swerving on Route 24 in September 2021, and field tests soon made it clear he was flying too high to drive, during the stop, a search of his car uncovered quite the stash; lawmen found more than 200 grams of blow and 9 grams smack all neatly bagged up and a loaded .25 caliber pea-shooter socked beside them. Silvelo-Miles, already prohibited from holding a firearm due to his criminal past—especially that 2014 manslaughter conviction—now faces up to 20 years for the drugs, and another mandatory five for the firearm, which tacks on consecutively.
These charges could put Silvelo-Miles away for a long stretch—20 years tops for the drugs plus at least three years of supervised release and a fine that could reach $1 million, not to mention the separate firearms charge that comes with its own mandatory minimum of five years and as much as life, plus another five on supervised release and a $250,000 fine; all of this according to federal sentencing guidelines.
U.S. District Court Judge Dennis F. Saylor IV set the stage for Silvelo-Miles' next appearance, slating the sentencing for May 9, 2024, Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy and ATF Boston's chieftain James Ferguson teamed up for the announcement, Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Wyshak, III of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit taking the lead on prosecution, this case falls under the umbrella of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a concerted effort to crack down on violent crime and gun violence that seeks to bring harmony back to communities through strategic enforcement and the fostering of trust with the public.
