Staff reports 6:36 a.m.
Thursday, July 29, 2021 6:37 am

BANGOR, Maine - A Lebanon, Maine, man was sentenced on Wednesday in federal court for distributing fentanyl, the U.S. Attorneys Office announced.

Chief U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy sentenced Angel Valle, 55, to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release. Valle pleaded guilty in February.

According to court records, an FBI investigation revealed that Valle distributed fentanyl in the Lebanon area. During the investigation, Valle and two associates sold fentanyl to a confidential informant on two occasions in May 2019. In total, Valle and his associates distributed approximately 500 grams of fentanyl to the informant. A single gram goes for $150-$200 on the street, according to addictionresource.net

The FBI Safe Streets Gang Task Force of New Hampshire investigated the case, with the assistance of the Maine State Police. The U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted the case as part of the Department of Justice's Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge, a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids.