A Leominster man's tenure as a drug dealer slammed into a dead end when he was sentenced to a solid six-year federal prison stint yesterday. Chanhda Onesyvieng, 49, was dished out his punishment by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman after pleading guilty last year to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, concealed in counterfeit Adderall pills.
In a racket that sounds like something out of a low-budget crime flick, the Massachusetts peddler was caught with a hefty amount of drugs in his car during a routine stop in Worcester. Authorities discovered approximately two kilograms of the knockoff Adderall laced with meth and about 135 grams of coke on April 28, 2023. The law didn't stop there as they hit up Onesyvieng’s Leominster pad, snagging another kilogram both of the counterfeit pills and cocaine, plus a cool $60,000 cash stash.
This wasn't a small-time operation, as detailed by a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Before his April arrest, Onesyvieng was flagged as a significant supplier in Rhode Island's underground pharmacy. Post-sentencing, the judge tacked on three years of supervised release, giving the dealer a lengthy stretch to rethink his career choices.
The heavy hand of justice was a team effort, with Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy; Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; and John E. Mawn Jr., Interim Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police, banding together. The prosecution baton was held by Assistant U.S. Attorney Danial E. Bennett of the Worcester Branch Office, who probably found this whole operation less Breaking Bad and more Breaking Dumb.
