Woman sentenced for Massachusetts, Arizona, Rhode Island drug conspiracy after 16lbs of meth, guns, dozens of social security cards, licenses, seized

BOSTON – A Rhode Island and former Massachusetts woman was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for her involvement in a conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 31-year-old Denise Guyette was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 11 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. In September 2025, Guyette pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. In February 2023, Guyette was indicted by a federal grand jury along with co-conspirators Gerardo Garza and Nathan Boddie.

Guyette conspired with Garza, Boddie and others to traffic various controlled substances – including methamphetamine, fentanyl pills and cocaine – in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and elsewhere. The drug trafficking organization routinely used the mail to ship drugs from Arizona to Massachusetts, often hiding the drugs in packages containing children’s items such as toy trucks, Halloween decorations and Disney items. Between May and October 2022, investigators seized seven packages containing a total of over 900 grams of methamphetamine, thousands of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, as well as suspected Dimethyltryptamine, a very strong psychedelic.

            At the time of Guyette’s arrest on Feb. 8, 2023, approximately 6.5 kilograms of pure methamphetamine and over 2,700 counterfeit fentanyl pills weighing over 300 grams were located in a safe in her bedroom. A digital scale as well as multiple Rhode Island and Massachusetts driver’s licenses, Social Security cards and credit cards in the names of other individuals were also found during a search of Guyette’s residence.

Boddie and Garza have both pleaded guilty. On Sept. 19, 2023, Boddie was sentenced to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Garza is awaiting a sentencing date.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; Interim Commissioner Shawn Jenkins of the Massachusetts Department of Correction; and Hudson Police Chief Richard DiPersio made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation, Imperial County Resident Agency and Yuma Resident Agency; United States Postal Service; Massachusetts State Police; and the Woonsocket (R.I.) Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alathea Porter and Charles Dell’Anno of the Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit prosecuted the case. 

This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.