The two men allegedly involved in the trio of accused fentanyl dealers in Downey are scheduled to have their preliminary hearing on June 16 after the defendants and plaintiff agreed to the date during a hearing on April 16.
The two defendants – Carlos Manuel Mariscal, 37, and Gustavo Omar Gomez, 47, both of Huntington Park – were arrested on Jan. 22, after the Downey Police Department found they allegedly possessed more than 50 pounds of fentanyl in an apartment within the city, according to local and state officials.
Mariscal is facing two counts of possession for sale of a controlled substance, one count of possession of a silencer and another count of unlawful possession of ammunition prohibited by a prior conviction. If convicted, he faces 31 years and eight months in prison. He was being held on $60,000 bail…