Federal agents say a Sacramento drug pipeline that quietly pushed fentanyl pills to mailboxes across the country just hit a major wall. Reginald Jones, 36, of Sacramento, has pleaded guilty to federal charges accusing him of helping ship roughly half a million fentanyl pills to customers nationwide, authorities said.
Prosecutors say about 450,000 pills were seized during searches tied to the investigation, and evidence suggests members of the conspiracy may have moved more than one million pills overall before the operation was disrupted.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of California, Jones admitted to 15 counts of drug trafficking and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ross Pearson is prosecuting the case, and Jones is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on Oct. 8, 2026…