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…