Winchester Man Sentenced To 135 Months In Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute In Excess of One Kilogram Of Heroin

          CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE –United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Jamie Hilow, age 28, of Winchester, New Hampshire was sentenced by United States District Judge Landya B. McCafferty to 135 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846 and 841. The Grand Jury for the District of New Hampshire indicted Hilow for the crime September 23, 2015. Hilow pleaded guilty to the charge on October 27, 2015.

          After a lengthy investigation, law enforcement determined that Hilow was employed as a runner for a drug trafficking organization headed, authorities allege, by Ross Gould, age 28, of Richmond, New Hampshire.  Hilow distributed heroin for Gould to numerous individuals in and around Keene. On March 16, 2015, Gould was charged federally with possession with the intent to distribute heroin after search warrants executed at his Richmond, New Hampshire residence and another residence utilized by Gould to store narcotics on March 10, 2015 resulted in the seizure of over a kilogram of heroin, a large quantity of cocaine, prescription pills, currency, and 14 firearms. 

          “The United States Attorney’s Office is committed to working with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to address the significant presence of heroin in New Hampshire by continuing to target drug trafficking organizations who are responsible for the importation of large quantities of heroin into New Hampshire from source cities such as Lawrence, Massachusetts” stated United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice. 

          Upon release from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Hilow will be on supervised release under the supervision of the United States Probation Office for five years and as much as life. Should Hilow violate the terms of his supervised release, he could be sentenced to an additional prison term.

            The investigation was conducted by the: (1) Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations; (2) New Hampshire Attorney General’s Drug Task Force; (3) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; (4) New Hampshire State Police; (5) Keene, New Hampshire Police Department; (6) Richmond, New Hampshire Police Department; and (7) Salem, New Hampshire Police Department.  Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Cole Davis is prosecuting the case.

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