NORTH HAMPTON — A local man will be spending the next 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to trafficking methamphetamine
Christopher Pierro, 29, of North Hampton, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
He had previously pleaded guilty Aug. 24 to the charge as part of a negotiated plea deal with prosecutors.
Pierro was arrested after North Hampton police and postal inspectors executed a search warrant March 3, 2020, at his home on South Road.
The search focused primarily on Pierro’s bedroom, where investigators seized $80,000 and a large variety of narcotics including approximately 84 grams of methamphetamine and approximately 54.5 grams of cocaine. Investigators also seized a Rolex watch, jewelry, gemstones, a Kroyden Model 223 .22 rifle, ammunition, body armor and drug packaging materials. Mailed packages containing drugs led to probe
The investigation of Pierro began in December of 2018 when postal inspectors were called to the U.S. post office in Manchester to investigate a package that had broken open. The package was addressed to a resident on South Road in North Hampton and contained 137.5 grams of a white powder that later tested positive as cocaine.
According to a court affidavit by U.S. Postal Inspector Sean Doyle, inspectors seized the package and began monitoring mail being delivered to that home.
Another package addressed to Pierro was identified on Oct. 2, 2019. Police applied for a search warrant and determined the package contained 65.5 grams of cocaine.
When the package didn’t arrive as scheduled, Doyle stated Pierro inquired about the package with the North Hampton post office as well as the 1-800-ASK-USPS line. When a USPS employee asked what the package contained, Pierro allegedly said it was stones used for jewelry and that he received packages from the sender many times before.The admission, according to the court affidavit, led inspectors to review USPS records where they identified 12 prior packages sent to Pierro from Moca, Puerto Rico, the first sent on March 11, 2019.Investigators flagged other packages including one that Pierro picked up on Oct. 28, 2019, and […]
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