A Roslindale man will spend five years in federal prison for selling fentanyl in Brookline and Boston.
U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin sentenced Shaquylle Burden, 32, on Monday, Oct. 19, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Burden will also serve four years of supervised release after his prison term.
The case has a Brookline connection. Federal investigators conducted controlled drug purchases from Burden and co-conspirator Kerry Charlotin, 36, of Rockland, on two occasions in October and December 2025, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The purchases took place in Brookline and Boston.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Boston Police Department launched the investigation in June 2025 after identifying drug trafficking activity by Burden and Charlotin. Investigators determined the two men were actively selling fentanyl in the greater Boston area.
Authorities found a firearm at Burden's Roslindale residence when they arrested him in December 2025. Charlotin was arrested the same month in South Carolina.
Burden pleaded guilty in July 2026 to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. The charges in the case carried a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office plea announcement.
Charlotin, who also goes by "KG," pleaded guilty to the same charge in July 2026. At the time of the fentanyl conspiracy, Charlotin was on federal supervised release for a 2020 conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, for which he had been sentenced to five years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John T. Dawley of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit prosecuted the case. The FBI's Columbia Field Office in South Carolina assisted in the investigation.
Charlotin is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, Nov. 2.
