Man living in Lakeville office charged with possessing more than 200 grams of cocaine
Images of the alleged methamphetamine pills and cocaine seized in a Lakeville office building. Image courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office
Images of the alleged methamphetamine pills and cocaine seized in a Lakeville office building. Image courtesy U.S. Attorney's Office
LAKEVILLE -- A Lakeville man who is apparently a registered sex offender was charged in federal court in Boston with drug trafficking, following the search of a commercial office building in Lakeville last week.
Christopher DiRusso, 55, was charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine, according to the Department of Justice.
According to court documents, law enforcement searched an office suite in a commercial building in Lakeville on Aug. 5 where DiRusso appeared to be living,
Cocaine and drug packaging materials were found in plain view in the suite, according to the Department of Justice.
Officials allege that thousands of counterfeit methamphetamine pills, designed to resemble the prescription drug Adderall, and over 2,000 grams of cocaine, some of which was packaged in a kilogram brick, were located.
DiRusso was previously convicted in state court of cocaine trafficking and firearm offenses in 2007 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to court documents.
In 2001, DiRusso was convicted in state court for indecent assault and battery on a child and was sentenced to a total of three years in prison.
During the Aug. 5 search, investigators allegedly found a copy of DiRusso’s Massachusetts sex offender registration from July 2026. The information showed DiRusso registered as homeless and listed the commercial building as his secondary and work address.
The charge of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine provides for a sentence of not less than 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, made the announcement. The Lakeville, Pembroke and Brockton police departments, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department and Massachusetts Department of Correction provided assistance, law enforcement officials said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Cutshall of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit is prosecuting the case.
