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WORCESTER — A former Millbury woman who played a minor role in a scheme in which her husband and son used their plumbing business as a front for a large marijuana grow avoided a jail sentence Wednesday in federal court.  Andrea Laverty, 64, whose son Thomas Laverty was sentenced to 12 years in connection with the crime Tuesday, was ordered to serve one year of home confinement after she apologized and noted she will now be the prime caretaker for her grandson.  “I understand my actions w...

Boston – A former employee of a family-owned plumbing business in Millbury was sentenced today for drug, money laundering and fraud convictions arising from his role in a large-scale marijuana grow operation. Thomas Laverty of Clinton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 12 years in prison, eight years of supervised release and ordered to pay $3,100 in restitution. In January 2020, Laverty was convicted following a five-day trial of conspiring to cultivate more th...

Andrea Laverty sentenced to home confinement in marijuana case where Millbury plumbing company was used as front for grow operation Updated Mar 04, 2021; Facebook Share A 64-year-old former Millbury woman, who was involved in a marijuana grow operation where the family’s plumbing company was used as a front, was sentenced Wednesday to home confinement. Andrea Laverty, who now lives in Texas, was sentenced in federal court in Worcester to one year of supervised released under home confinement...

Thomas Laverty sentenced to 12 years in prison for role in using Massachusetts plumbing business as front for marijuana grow operation Updated Mar 02, 2021; Facebook Share A 40-year-old Clinton man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted last year of conspiring to cultivate more than 100 marijuana plants, using a family business as a front, authorities said. Thomas Laverty, a former employee of the Chuck Laverty & Son Inc. plumbing business in Millbury, was sentenced by ...

WORCESTER — Thomas Laverty, the local plumber convicted last year of using his business as a front for a large marijuana grow while collecting public assistance, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday.  Laverty, 40, was convicted by a federal jury in Worcester last January on allegations he and his father, Charles Laverty, used their Millbury plumbing business, Chuck Laverty & Son, as a front for a huge illegal marijuana grow. Over the course of the trial, jurors heard evidence...

Man who used plumbing business as front for marijuana grow gets 12 years Brad Petrishen, Telegram & Gazette © Rick Cinclair/Telegram & Gazette Staff WORCESTER - Thomas Laverty outside the Harold D. Donohue Federal Building during a break in his U.S. District Court trial in January 2020. WORCESTER — Thomas Laverty, the local plumber convicted last year of using his business as a front for a large marijuana grow while collecting public assistance, was sentenced to 12 years in...

Mass. Plumber Gets 12 Years for Marijuana-Growing Operation The man used his plumbing business as a front for a large-scale, commercial marijuana cultivation and distribution operation, prosecutors say Published March 3, 2021 • Updated on March 3, 2021 at 12:40 pm A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for helping to run a large-scale marijuana growing operation that used his family’s plumbing business as a front. Federal prosecutors say 40-year-old Thomas...