Due to his involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring operating out of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Northern California, a man from Maine has been sentenced.
U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin sentenced 44-year-old Jacob Parlin of Lebanon, Maine, to 12 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release, according to the Massachusetts Department of Justice.
One count of conspiracy to distribute and one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine were found to have been committed by Parlin by a federal jury in November 2023.
In December 2021, Parlin and nine other individuals were charged for their involvement in a narcotics trafficking ring headed by co-defendant Harry Tam, also known as “Legendary H.” Parlin was found to be one of Tam’s reliable business associates, with whom he had collaborated to distribute methamphetamine throughout Maine, according to the inquiry.
As per their business agreement, Tam would mail supplies of methamphetamine to his Brookline, Massachusetts, business from California or another location. After that, Parlin would receive the methamphetamine to distribute around his Maine town.
Maine man sentenced to 12 years in prison for role in meth trafficking conspiracy that operated in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Northern California. Over 3 kilos of meth, about a dozen firearms and approx. $95,000 in cash seized during investigation
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On March 31, 2021, early in the morning, Parlin was taken into custody in New Hampshire while driving from the Boston region to Maine following his rendezvous with Tam.
Under Parlin’s car’s driver’s seat, a plastic bag containing about 880 grams of 100% pure methamphetamine was discovered. During the course of the investigation, almost three kilograms of methamphetamine, roughly a dozen guns, and roughly $95,000 in cash were seized.
Parlin is the ninth accused party found guilty in this case. Tam entered a guilty plea in July 2023, and on April 4, 2024, a sentencing date has been set.
The statement was delivered by Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division, Brian D. Boyle, and Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy.
The case was prosecuted by Amanda Beck and Nadine Pellegrini, assistant U.S. attorneys from the Criminal Division.
