Fall River man sentenced to 3 years for oxycodone pill conspiracy

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — The United State’s Attorney’s Office said that a Fall River man was sentenced for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy involving “thousands” of oxycodone pills.

37-year-old Austin Gonsalves previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

Gonsalves was arrested in July 2023 alongside five others for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed oxycodone pills across Southeastern Massachusetts.

Between at February 2023 and May 2023 he obtained hundreds of pills at a time in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars and redistributed the pills to others.

A search of Gonsalves’ apartment found approximately $16,000 in cash and approximately 400 oxycodone pills.

He will serve 41 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was also ordered to forfeit $16,130.