A Texas resident and leader of a street gang in Jackson County, Michigan, has been sentenced to federal prison over fentanyl trafficking.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan related the details in a press release issued Wednesday, saying that the variety of fentanyl not previously seen in Jackson County contributed to “a spike in overdoses and violence.”
In this case, Tamarious “Poogi” Faulkner of Houston was sentenced to 210 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. He was supported in the announcement by James Deir, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Detroit Field Division; Colonel James F. Grady, II, Michigan State Police; Director Elmer J. Hitt, Jackson Police and Fire Services and Sheriff Gary Schuette, Jackson County Sheriff’s Department…