CINCINNATI – Dexter Wright, 37, of Cincinnati was sentenced
in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison for selling a mix of heroin,
fentanyl and carfentanil.
Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the
Southern District of Ohio, Trevor Velinor, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Cincinnati Police Chief
Eliot K. Isaac announced the sentence handed down yesterday by U.S. District
Judge Susan J. Dlott.
According to court documents, between November 2016 and
January 13, 2017, investigators purchased a total of 8.6 grams of the opioid
mixture from Wright through a series of controlled, undercover transactions.
“There is no such thing as an insignificant amount of
fentanyl or carfentanil,” said U.S. Attorney Glassman. “Even a tenth of a gram
causes death and destruction. Traffickers should expect to be prosecuted
federally and to receive stiff sentences.”
Wright was charged by a criminal complaint in January 2017
and was indicted by a federal grand jury in February 2017. In October 2017, he
pleaded guilty to distributing controlled substances.
U.S. Attorney Glassman commended the cooperative investigation
by the ATF and Cincinnati Police, as well as Assistant United States Attorneys
Timothy D. Oakley and Christy L. Muncy, who are representing the United States
in this case.
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