Keon Leary, 45, was sentenced to 9 to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty to various drug and gun charges the day he was set to go on trial, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Leary, who has a criminal record dating to 1988, still faces trial on separate gun and drug charges for an arrest in Roxbury while he was out on bail for the charges he pleaded guilty to this week, court records show.
According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, which called him a "major player" in the Mass and Cass drug market, Leary pleaded guilty Tuesday to carrying a firearm without a license, 3rd offense, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of a firearm while committing a felony, trafficking cocaine over 200 grams, trafficking fentanyl over 36 grams and distributing a class B substance, subsequent offense for his arrest on Aug. 12, 2022, outside Hope House, a drug-treatment facility on Farnham Street.
Officers were looking for Leary specifically after receiving a tip that he often parked near Hope House and sold drugs, the DA's office reports.
Officers arrested Leary after observing a drug transaction on the corner of Gerard Street. Upon Leary’s arrest, officers seized two backpacks containing 248.18 grams of cocaine, 22.22 grams of fentanyl, 15.57 grams of fluorofentanyl, and .43 grams of valerylfentanyl. Officers also recovered a black Taurus PT22 loaded with nine rounds and $8,994 in cash.
On Nov. 10, 2023, Boston Police reported, officers arrested Leary on new drug and gun charges as part of an investigation on Homestead Street in Roxbury. Leary and an alleged accomplice were arrested on charges related to the "approximately 95 grams of Fentanyl, 237 grams of Crack Cocaine, 67 various pills, 6 plastic bags of marijuana, and $4,033 in U.S. currency," police said, adding Leary was also charged for the Sig Sauer P365 with 11 rounds in the magazine officers found.
A trial date on those charges has yet to be set. At a hearing on Tuesday, the judge in the case agreed to give prosecutors until May 13, to let them appeal a ruling in November to suppress evidence in the case.
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NOICE
By dan r
Thu, 02/20/2025 - 4:29pm
Bye bye lowlife
What goodbye?
By Will LaTulippe
Thu, 02/20/2025 - 5:52pm
He'll be out when he's 55, because the community has no heart, no brain, and no gumption.
He's been doing this since he was 8, for Chrissakes.* He's going right back to this when he's out, because he never learned any better. Best move at this point isn't non-life sentence jail.
*1988? 1998? Typo?
Your Investments Murder People
By GinaD
Thu, 02/20/2025 - 6:50pm
If you had heart, you'd immediately divest. It's only bad if Will found no way to profit off it.
This is why we need Long Island
By chaosjake
Thu, 02/20/2025 - 9:30pm
Nobody hangs around the Long Island treatment centers with a backpack full of fentanyl.
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