Former Massachusetts Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A former Pepperell, MA, man arrested during an FBI Safe Streets Task Force investigation that resulted in the seizure of more than 461 grams of pure crystal methamphetamine was sentenced today to four years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Peter Walkovich, 38, was arrested in May 2022, shortly after he drove away from a Cranston, RI, residence that was under surveillance by members of the task force. Law enforcement discovered 461.23 grams of 100% pure methamphetamine and various other packaging materials stashed inside three backpacks located inside the vehicle.
Walkovich, who was indicted by a federal grand jury, pleaded guilty on March 7, 2023, to a charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and to a charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy to forty-eight months of incarceration in federal prison to be followed by three years of federal supervised release.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Paul F. Daly, Jr., and Peter I. Roklan.
United States Attorney Cunha thanks the Cranston and Central Falls Police Departments and the DEA for their assistance in the investigation of this matter.
