In researching Keltic Green, Inc., I came across Boston’s “Cannabis Registry” online.

Since Keltic—then lead by Justin Smith and Tyler O’Hazo—had made a pitch to open a recreational cannabis shop in South Boston, I was able to quickly locate it at 324 A Street. According to the Cannabis Registry, Keltic’s “license status” is “inactive.”

Here’s that record:

I also found a record for Sanctuary—lead then by Jason Sidman, CEO—with a “license status” also listed as “inactive,” for 595-603 Newbury Street:

I’m sure you can see the commonality between these two records, and I think it’s reasonable to believe that the “Sean O’Donovan” associated with Keltic is the same “Sean O’Donovan” associated with Sanctuary.

Here’s what I learned from a quick Google search on “Sean O’Donovan”:

First, he has a law practice in Somerville.

Second, Attorney Sean O’Donovan served the City of Somerville’s Ward 5 as its Alderman from 2000-2013, stepping down to devote more time to family obligations and his law practice.

Third, there was a January 2, 2016 Boston Globearticle titled “Fast Track from Nobody to City Hall Player” that summarized Sean O’Donovan’s previous two years of work for then-Mayor Marty Walsh. Click HERE to access the free version of this article, which includes this quote:

The perception that City Hall works better for the well-connected is as old as municipal government, and its drab concrete corridors remain fertile ground for lobbyists and lawyers with friends in high places. O’Donovan is just one very active example among the new faces leveraging influence in Boston’s seat of government.

Fourth, on June 24, 2022, it was reported that Attorney Sean O’Donovan had been arrested. Click HERE to read the Boston Herald’s take on Atty. O’Donovan’s arrest. Click HERE for the report from CommonWealth Beacon. Or HERE for the Department of Justice’s press release.

Fifth, on October 27, 2023, Attorney Sean O’Donovan was convicted of bribery. Click HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE to read about Sean O’Donovan’s conviction.

On February 7, 2024, Sean O’Donovan will be sentenced for the three crimes he was found guilty of committing: two counts of honest services wire fraud and one count of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. Sean O’Donovan faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each honest services wire fraud count and a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the federal funds bribery count.

Sean O’Donovan—whose name is on both Keltic’s record and on Sanctuary’s record at Boston’s Cannabis Registry—is looking at decades in prison for crimes related to recreational cannabis licenses.

People can (and will) go to prison for these things,

Jenna