A Lowell man was sentenced to prison for his part in a drug trafficking operation on Boston’s North Shore that supplied over 11,000 bogus prescription tablets containing methamphetamine and over 200 containing fentanyl, according to the office of United States Attorney Leah Foley on Tuesday.
On May 5, U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV sentenced Anthony Bryson, 35, to nine years in prison followed by four years of supervised release, according to Foley’s office. Last July, Bryson pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
He was among 27 people indicted since October 2022 in connection with a major conspiracy to traffic and distribute counterfeit oxycodone and Adderall tablets laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine to Lynn residents, according to the statement.
According to Foley’s office, brothers Christopher and Lawrence Michael Nagle led the organization of 27 people. Christopher Nagle pleaded guilty and was sentenced to more than 11 years in jail in August 2024, while his brother pleaded guilty in April and is expected to be sentenced on August 5.
Between January and October 2022, Bryson was significantly involved in the distribution of counterfeit tablets to drug redistributors and users, according to Foley’s office. Bryson used intercepted phone calls to distribute 11,346 methamphetamine pills, 280 fentanyl pills, and 100 oxycodone pills during two 30-day intervals.
Calls intercepted by police officials revealed that Bryson warned another member of the group about the hazards of methamphetamine and advised him to store or sell the bogus tablets but not use them, according to the statement. Throughout the inquiry, investigators discovered and recovered approximately 74,000 counterfeit tablets.
