SALEM – A Lynn man with two known aliases and false birth dates caught twice selling heroin to an undercover officer last January will have to come up with $50,000 cash in order to get out of the Middleton Jail pending his trial.William Alicea, 39, also known as Osvaldo Fuentes, of 46 Wyman St., who had been free after posting a $20,000 cash bail in Lynn District Court in January, appeared Tuesday in Salem Superior Court for his arraignment, but instead of leaving the courthouse on that bail, he found himself behind bars after Judge Timothy Q. Feeley raised it at the district attorney’s request.After Alicea pleaded innocent to charges of trafficking over 28 grams of heroin as well as distribution of heroin, a subsequent offense, Assistant District Attorney John B. Brennan insisted that Alicea’s bail be raised, pointing out his prior drug conviction out of Worcester County in 2003 as well as the seven-year mandatory prison term he is now facing.He also noted that Alicea has used other names and apparently has a fugitive from justice case out of California for leaving the state without permission, but Brennan was not sure if they were seeking to send him back to the state.The charges arise out of an incident in Lynn on Jan. 5 when Alicea allegedly sold approximately 10 grams of heroin to an undercover officer for $700.A little over two weeks later, on Jan. 21, another deal was allegedly consummated in which police say he sold 36.6 grams of heroin to the undercover agent for $2,100 on Chatham Street.He was arrested without incident after completing the deal.Superior Court Probation officer Jeff January interceded, telling Feeley that during his intake interview of Alicea, he provided different names of his father and mother that did not correspond with their own database information, which led January to believe he was not providing him with the proper information.Defense lawyer James P. O’Shea pointed out to Feeley that his client came in on his own, appeared on all prior court hearings in the lower court and had stayed in Massachusetts, despite knowing the district attorney was requesting an increase in bail.O’Shea insisted his client was born in Puerto Rico, despite prior information that he came from the Dominican Republic.He told Feeley that Alicea has been in the United States since 1990 and in Lynn since 2006. He said he lives on Chestnut Street, citing local roots, and has proven himself that he will appear.In increasing the bail, Feeley questioned whether he was born in Puerto Rico or the Dominican, noting that his first paperwork in the states says he was born in the Dominican, adding that it is not “uncommon” to obtain fraudulent paperwork.Feeley noted that the state has a strong case that Alicea is using at least two names and two dates of birth.Alicea is scheduled to be back in court on July 9 for a pretrial conference.
