Warwick, RI – A Pawtucket man cooking meth out of a Newport hotel room and selling it in Warwick pled guilty to manufacturing and distribution charges July 23, carrying a possible sentence of up to 100 years in prison.
Sean Costigan, 51, of Pawtucket, admitted in federal court in Providence to selling methamphetamine to undercover Warwick officers and manufacturing the drug at a Newport Hotel, according to a joint release fromUnited States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Warwick Police Chief Colonel Stephen M. McCartney and Newport Police. Costigan was arrested in January 2014 when DEA agents, DEA Drug Task Force agents, and Warwick and Newport Police detectives and officers executed a court authorized search of a Newport motel room rented by Costigan, where they discovered materials being used for the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine.
Costigan admitted to the court that on four occasions, between Oct. 25 and Dec. 6, 2013, he sold methamphetamine to a Warwick undercover police officer for between $100 and $400 dollars. Three of the transactions occurred at a hotel in Warwick. The fourth transaction occurred at a hotel in North Smithfield.
On January 16, 2014, DEA agents, DEA Drug Task Force agents and Warwick and Newport Police detectives and officers executed a court authorized search of a Newport motel room rented by Costigan. Inside the room law enforcement discovered materials being used in the manufacture and distribution of meth. Members of the DEA Clandestine Laboratory Tactical Team dismantled the operation and seized multiple items associated with a methamphetamine manufacturing operation.
According to a plea agreement filed in this matter, Costigan and federal prosecutors stipulate and agree that Costigan maintained the room at the Newport motel for the purposes of manufacturing methamphetamine and that the meth lab created a substantial risk of harm to human life.
Costigan, who has been detained since his arrest on January 16, 2014, faces statutory penalties of up to 100 years in federal prison to be followed by up to lifetime supervised release, and a fine of up to $5,000,000 when he is sentenced on November 12, 2014.
Author: Rob Borkowski
Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.
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