Leader in one of Georgia’s largest heroin busts learns his fate

One of the largest heroin and fentanyl distributors ever prosecuted in Georgia has been sentenced to decades behind bars.

Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that 51-year-old-old Antonio DaShawn Daniels, also known as “Freckleface Shawn” and “Pecas,” was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for leading a large-scale drug trafficking operation based in Atlanta.

Daniels was convicted by a jury in June 2025 on multiple charges, including conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, possession with intent to distribute those drugs, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking…

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