Tauton Man Sentenced For Distributing Large Quantities Of Illicit Narcotics
Monday, July 21, 2025, 7:00 A.M. ET. 3 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
BOSTON, MA.- Late last week, a 42-year-old Tauton, Massachusetts, man learned he would be spending the next decade-and-a-half in federal prison after being sentenced for participating in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy that was responsible for distributing wholesale quantities of illicit narcotics throughout Braintree and Somerville, Massachusetts, and for fraudulent using another’s identity to rent properties to conduct his narcotics distribution activities.
According to U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, Terrence Pyrtle, also known as “Big T,” “T,” and “big_t558,” 42, of Tauton, Massachusetts, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 180 months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for his previously entered guilty plea.
In April Pyrtle Pleads Guilty To Multiple Federal Charges
In April 2025, Pyrtle appeared in the U.S. District Court in Boston, Massachusetts, and pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Cocaine, 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl, 100 Grams or More of Fentanyl Analogue and Methamphetamine; two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Cocaine, 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl, 100 Grams or More of Fentanyl Analogue and Methamphetamine; one count of Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft; one count of Access Device Fraud; and one count of Aggravated Indentity Theft…