New Hampshire woman sentenced to 10 years for conspiracy to distribute heroin

CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire woman was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin.

This sentence resulted from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the New Hampshire State Police and the police departments of the following New Hampshire communities: Keene, Richmond and Salem, as part of the state Attorney General’s Drug Task Force.

Jaclyn Hilow, age 29, of Winchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr.  Hilow previously had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.

“The United States Attorney’s Office is committed to working with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to address the significant presence of heroin in New Hampshire by continuing to target drug trafficking organizations who are responsible for the importation of large quantities of heroin into New Hampshire from source cities such as Lawrence, Massachusetts.” stated United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.

Court records show that after a lengthy investigation, law enforcement determined that Hilow was employed as a runner for a drug trafficking organization headed by Ross Gould, age 29, of Richmond, New Hampshire.  Hilow distributed heroin for Gould to numerous individuals in and around Keene, New Hampshire.

On March 16, 2015, Gould was charged federally with possession with the intent to distribute heroin after search warrants executed at his Richmond, New Hampshire residence and another residence utilized by Gould to store narcotics on March 10, 2015 resulted in the seizure of over a kilogram of heroin, a large quantity of cocaine, prescription pills, currency, and 14 firearms.