Massachusetts man on house arrest busted after allegedly trying to flush fentanyl down the toilet

A -year-old man who was on house arrest for two drug cases has been busted by the feds after allegedly trying to flush fentanyl down the toilet Brockton man Edmund Kelsey was just now charged with one federal count of possession with intent to distribute grams or more of fentanyl Kelsey was on home confinement for two pending state drug trafficking cases at the time of the arrest Hundreds of fentanyl pills a respirator mask cutting agents and other drug trafficking paraphernalia were allegedly exposed during a search of his home When law enforcement revealed up at his residence on Oct Kelsey allegedly ran inside and locked the door Kelsey then ran down to the basement and allegedly tried to flush hundreds of grams of multi-colored pills and other material down the toilet A sample of the pills tested positive for a fentanyl meth compound Kelsey was taken into custody A respirator mask two large containers of cutting powder more than grams of marijuana about cell phones and more than in cash were also detected inside the home At the time of the search Kelsey was on home confinement with GPS monitoring as a condition of release on two pending Massachusetts Superior Court drug trafficking cases Kelsey was previously sentenced to five years in state prison for multiple Superior Court convictions involving drug dealing and guns Related Articles Massachusetts man who allegedly had -plus meth pills in a shoebox pleads guilty Boston parents charged with killing their -week-old baby girl fentanyl and cocaine located in infant s blood Boston Police seize kilograms of fentanyl in Southwest Corridor area Editorial Fentanyl dealer deserves prison now make sentence stick Massachusetts man accused of giving fentanyl to overdose victim pleads guilty to manslaughter Kelsey is at this time in state custody and he ll appear in Boston federal court at a later date The charge of possession with intent to distribute grams or more of fentanyl can lead to a sentence of no less than years and up to life in prison at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to million