ALEXANDRIA, Va – A 28-year-old Alexandria man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a years-long conspiracy to traffic counterfeit pills containing carfentanil, fentanyl and heroin, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said.
Dontavious Rashid Whitaker and his co-defendant, D’Moni Anthony Moten, 27, of Woodbridge, were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. Moten received 16 years and eight months. Both pleaded guilty on Feb. 6 to conspiracy to distribute carfentanil, fentanyl and heroin; possession with intent to distribute carfentanil; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than fentanyl, according to prosecutors…