Ronzio Sentencing Set for July

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

The sentencing for Robert Ronzio, a key government witness in the criminal case stemming from a deadly fungal meningitis, has been set for 10 a.m. July 27.
Ronzio, the one time sales chief for the New England Compounding Center, entered a guilty plea in December 2016 to a single charge, conspiracy to defraud the U.S.Food and Drug Administration. His sentencing had been set for April 22, but was later postponed indefinitely.
Ronzio testified extensively as a prosecution witness in the cases of several co-defendants including NECC's president and part owner Barry J. Cadden.
In a related action Monday federal prosecutors issued an order to seize $1,224,456, one half the proceeds from the recent sale of Cadden's Wrentham home. Under a negotiated forfeiture order, the U.S. Attorney agreed to take only half of the sale proceeds. The other half goes to Cadden's wife, who was never charged in the case.
Ronzio will be appearing before U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns, who has presided over all the NECC criminal cases.
In addition to the Cadden trial, Ronzio testified in the case against Glenn Chin, a supervising NECC pharmacist. Cadden and Chin were convicted on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and violations of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. Two separate federal juries declined to convict the two on second degree murder charges.
But the two are now facing second degree murder charges in Michigan and preliminary hearings in that case will `resume on Thursday in Livingston County District Court in Howell, Mich.
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