Man Who Sold Fentanyl Near Boston Playground Gets 2 Years Prison

BOSTON — A Boston man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston for selling fentanyl near a playground, the U.S. Attorney's office announced.

Joshua Miranda, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs to two years in prison and six years of supervised release. In April 2019, Miranda pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a playground. At the time of these violations, Miranda was already on supervised release in federal court on a prior firearms offense.

On June 8, 2017, and again on June 19, 2017, Miranda distributed fentanyl within 1,000 feet of Robert Ryan Playground in Dorchester.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Boston Police Commissioner William Gross made the announcement Tuesday in a press release. The case was prosecuted by Lelling’s Organized Crime and Gang Unit.