A Lexington man is set to plead guilty in federal court after authorities say they found nearly 100 grams of a potent fentanyl analogue hidden under the hood of his car following a traffic stop tied to a drug investigation.
Anderson L. George Jr. is scheduled to be rearraigned Jan. 20 in Frankfort, where he is expected to formally plead guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of fluorofentanyl, according to court records. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison because of a prior drug trafficking conviction.
Federal prosecutors say the case stems from a Nov. 28, 2023 traffic stop after Lexington police believed George was returning from Detroit with narcotics. Investigators had obtained a tracker warrant for George’s vehicle as part of an ongoing drug investigation, according to the plea agreement…