Dayton, Ohio – A Dayton man will spend the next 12 years in federal prison after admitting to distributing large amounts of fentanyl from a location near a public high school.
Clifford Bernard, 48, was sentenced to 144 months in prison in U.S. District Court for trafficking fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a school zone. The sentence was announced by federal officials following a lengthy investigation into drug activity at his Dayton residence.
According to court records, Bernard was involved in the possession and distribution of approximately one kilogram of fentanyl between July and September 2024. Authorities determined that the illegal activity took place at his home on Angier Drive, which is located within 1,000 feet of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School…