A Massachusetts lawyer was sentenced to three years of probation for his role in a conspiracy for smuggling synthetic marijuana at the Donald W. Wyatt in Central Falls, according to a statement by Sara Miron Bloom, who acted at the United States solicitor of Rhode Island.
Theresa Marie Dijoseph, 51, was found guilty on March 12, 2025, to a possession account with the intention of distributing an analog of controlled substances, a conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and to provide a prohibited object to an intern.
She was sentenced on Thursday by the Judge of the United States District Court, Melissa R. Dubose.
Dijoseph admitted that by the end of 2023, she and others conspired by 10 papers soaked with K2, a synthetic cannabis, at the detention center. Later he lied to the FBI agents during an investigation into the origin of drug -packed papers, according to Bloom’s statement.
“According to the information presented to the court, Dijoseph used his state as a lawyer to meet several times with the detainee Shawn D. Hart, 47, with whom he had a personal relationship, in a business room used for lawyers for legal work,” the statement says.
During a visit of December 1, 2023, the correction officers took 10 sheets of paper, which “appeared thicker than normal and for being wet and dried,” says the statement. A FBI laboratory later confirmed that the papers contained the synthetic drug.
In addition to three years of probation, Dijoseph will serve the first six months in confinement at home with GPS control and will serve 100 hours of community service.