Concord, NH – Attorney General John M. Formella and Manchester Police Chief Allen D. Aldenberg announce that Marcus Cherry, age 45, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in the Hillsborough County Superior Court - Northern District, following a jury verdict convicting him of Conspiracy to Sell a Controlled Drug, Drug Enterprise Leader, multiple counts of Possession of a Controlled Drug with the Intent to Sell, and Sale of a Controlled Drug.

“I want to thank our law enforcement partners, including the Manchester Police Department, the Hooksett Police Department, the Bedford Police Department, the DEA, and the FBI for their diligent work on this long-term investigation,” said Attorney General Formella. “This case is an example of the continuing collaborative work between the Attorney General’s Office and our law enforcement partners to protect the public from the dangers that large scale drug dealers, who sell extraordinarily dangerous substances like fentanyl, xylazine, and methamphetamine, pose to the citizens of New Hampshire.”

The court sentenced Marcus Cherry to terms of 25 to 50 years in the New Hampshire State Prison, stand committed, on the counts of Conspiracy to Sell a Controlled Drug, Drug Enterprise Leader, four counts of Possession of a Controlled Drug with the Intent to Sell (1 kilogram of Cocaine, 215 grams of methamphetamine, 635 grams of fentanyl), and 7.5 to 15 years on the count of Sale of a Controlled Drug. The court ordered that the defendant’s sentences be served concurrently.

The evidence in this case established that Marcus Cherry was the leader of a drug enterprise trafficking large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine in New Hampshire. The investigation revealed that in addition to engaging in the distribution of powder fentanyl and cocaine, the defendant possessed over two thousand counterfeit pills designed to look like prescription medications. The pills actually consisted of either methamphetamine or fentanyl.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Charles Bucca and Assistant Attorney General Ryan Olberding.