Tewksbury Resident Guilty Of Trafficking Drugs Out Of VA Hospital
Two men sold drugs out of the Bedford VA Hospital, face up to 20 years in prison.
(Editor's note: The following information was supplied by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston.) Two men, including a Tewksbury resident, were convicted late Thursday in federal court of selling drugs at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bedford. Steve Jakaitis, 49, of Lowell, pleaded guilty to distribution of buprenorphine and conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. David Robson, 53, of Tewksbury, pleaded guilty to distribution and conspiracy of oxycodone. Jakaitis and Robson, both of whom are veterans, were charged in January. Had the case proceeded to trial the government’s evidence would have proven that in 2011, Jakaitis sold buprenorphine to an undercover federal agent, and conspired with Robson to sell oxycodone to an undercover …
