BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully residing at a Massachusetts migrant shelter has pled guilty in federal court in Boston to possessing over 4.5 kilograms of fentanyl with an estimated street value of over $1 million dollars, and an assault rifle.
According to the Department of Justice, 30-year-old Leonardo Andujar Sanchez pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and one count of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs scheduled sentencing for January 7th, 2027. Andujar Sanchez was arrested and charged in January 2025 and later indicted by a federal grand jury in September 2026.
Andujar Sanchez was residing in the Quality Inn in Revere. On Dec. 27, 2024, during a search of the room Andujar Sanchez was residing in, over 4.5 kilograms of fentanyl, an AR-style assault rifle, ammunition, three rifle magazines, digital scales and an abundance of latex gloves were located. Andujar Sanchez was immediately taken into state custody…