Spokane, WASH. — Nicholas Adams, 37, was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of court supervision for his role in running a commercial pill press operation out of his home in the Hillyard neighborhood.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington announced the sentencing Friday morning.
According to court documents and information discussed during the sentencing hearing, Adams and his co-defendant Timothy Maddox obtained a commercial pill press via the mail from China and set up a pill press operation in the basement of Adams’ home. They mixed powder fentanyl and cutting agents to make their own fentanyl pills for bulk distribution into the community…