A Wareham woman has been sentenced to over four years in prison for her role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy that resulted in the death of a 42-year-old man. Kayla Nightingale, aged 37, received a sentence of 52 months from U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper. Her sentence includes three years of supervised release and an order to pay $7,868 in restitution for funeral expenses to the victim's family.
Nightingale pleaded guilty in August 2024 to charges of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl. She was indicted alongside Troy Jones by a federal grand jury in October 2020.
The court heard that Nightingale and Jones collaborated from January 2019 until at least April 3, 2019, distributing fentanyl in Wareham. This included selling the drug to a local resident who died from an overdose on April 2, 2019.
The sentencing was announced by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; Wareham Police Chief Walter Correia; and Barnstable Police Chief Jean Challies. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jared Dolan and J. Mackenzie Duane of the Criminal Division.