A Massachusetts lawyer was sentenced to three years’ probation for her role in a conspiracy to smuggle synthetic marijuana into the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, according to a statement from Sara Miron Bloom, acting United States Attorney for Rhode Island.
Theresa Marie DiJoseph, 51, pleaded guilty on March 12, 2025, to one count each of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance analogue, conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and providing a prohibited object to an inmate.
She was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose.
DiJoseph admitted that in late 2023, she and other individuals conspired to smuggle 10 papers soaked with K2, a synthetic cannabis, into the detention center. She later lied to FBI agents during an investigation into the origin of the drug-soaked papers, according to Bloom’s statement.
“According to information presented to the court, DiJoseph used her status as an attorney to meet multiple times with detainee Shawn D. Hart, 47, with whom she had a personal relationship, in a visiting room used for attorney visits to conduct legal work,” the statement reads.
During a visit on Dec. 1, 2023, correctional officers seized 10 sheets of paper, which “appeared thicker than normal and to have been wet and dried,” the statement reads. An FBI lab later confirmed the papers contained the synthetic drug.
In addition to three years’ probation, DiJoseph will serve the first six months in home confinement with GPS monitoring and serve 100 hours of community service.
The lawyer used her attorney status to smuggle the drug to an inmate with whom she had a personal relationship. Read More
