Crime & Safety
Malden Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Heroin Sales Resulting in Death
Maximo Laryi Herrerra Pena, aka Emerson Adams, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton to 21 years in federal prison to be followed by four years of supervised release.
A former Malden man was sentenced to 21 years in prison after a jury found him guilty Thursday of distributing drugs that resulted in the death of a Cape Cod woman.
Maximo Laryi Herrerra Pena, also known as Emerson Adams, 29, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison to be followed by four years of supervised release.
Pena pleaded guilty to participating in a heroin distribution conspiracy responsible for the distribution of more than 1.6 kilograms of heroin, the Justice Department said in a statement Friday.
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A 20-year-old Brewster woman overdosed on some of Pena's heroin in 2009, according to prosecutors.
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