Nashua Crack Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

A Nashua man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for selling crack cocaine.

Sean Brown, 40, was sentenced after a jury found him guilty of three counts of unlawful distribution of crack cocaine, U.S. Attorney John P. Kacavas announced this week.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Brown made three sales of crack cocaine in February of 2010 to an individual assisting Nashua Police in their investigation into the illegal sale of drugs in the city. The three sales took place in the vicinity of 73 Elm St., which was Brown’s residence at the time. He was arrested outside of the residence on Feb. 24, 2010 as police executed a search warrant on his residence.

In handing down Brown's 10-year sentence, Judge Steven McAuliffe noted that while Brown dealt small quantities of drugs, he was a “persistent” drug dealer, having been previously convicted in federal court in 1997 of unlawful possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, for which he received a 46-month term of imprisonment in federal prison, and again in Hillsborough County Superior Court in 2005 for four counts of unlawful sale of heroin, for which he received a 3- to 7-year sentence in New Hampshire State Prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Cole Davis and Seth Aframe.