FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — A Taunton man was sentenced on Oct. 14 after he dumped narcotics during a police pursuit in 2023, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn, III.

51-year-old Leonard Vargus was sentenced to eight to ten years in State Prison, to begin after his current sentence of three to for years for a separate case.

On Oct. 14, Vargus pled guilty and was sentenced for possession with intent to distribute various substances: fentanyl, flurofentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon, leaving the scene of property damage, and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.

On April 23, 2023, Vargus was driving on Route 138 in Raynham when a Massachusetts State trooper stopped his vehicle

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