District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for third-degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance for possessing more than 11,300 glassine envelopes of fentanyl in his apartment.
District Attorney Clark said, “Fentanyl remains deadly in the Bronx, so seizing this supply before it could be sold on the street has saved many people from harm. This defendant will now spend time in prison.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Gotti Berguette, a.k.a. “Gotty” 40, of 1500 Thieriot Avenue, the Bronx, was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison with three years post-release supervision for third-degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Cynthia Isales. He pleaded guilty to that charge on July 21, 2025.
According to the investigation, the NYPD received a complaint of drug activity taking place inside Berguette’s apartment. On June 2, 2023, NYPD Field Intelligence Officers executed a search warrant at that location, and found the defendant there and 11,349 glassines of fentanyl with a street value of between $100,000 and $150,000. Berguette was arrested at the scene.
District Attorney Clark thanked Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Perez of the Special Investigations Bureau and Trial Preparation SupervisorJeanette Pol of the Investigations Division for their work on the case. District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD DetectiveKiel Sui of the NYPD Intelligence Bureau for his work on the case.
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