A Wareham resident has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his involvement in the distribution of fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death. Troy Jones, aged 45, received a sentence of 92 months from U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper. Following his prison term, Jones will be under supervised release for three years and must pay $7,868 in restitution to cover funeral expenses for the victim's family.
In August 2024, Jones admitted guilt to charges including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl leading to death and distributing fentanyl resulting in death. The federal grand jury indicted him and his co-conspirator Kayla Nightingale in October 2020.
Jones and Nightingale collaborated from January through at least April 3, 2019, distributing fentanyl within Wareham. This included selling the drug to a local 42-year-old man who succumbed to an overdose on April 2, 2019.
Nightingale also pleaded guilty in August 2024 and is set for sentencing on January 8, 2025.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy; Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division; Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble of the Massachusetts State Police; and Wareham Police Chief Walter Correia. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared Dolan is handling the prosecution.