Federal indictment targets fentanyl ring operating in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Three men are facing federal charges for allegedly distributing large amounts of fentanyl across the region.

United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen says Pierre Rasheem Fields, 42 of Minnetonka, Ray Eric Brasson, 36 of Minneapolis and Jermaine Young, 26 of Chicago were indicted for conspiring to distribute and distributing fentanyl. According to a six-count federal indictment, the three men worked together to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl from April through August.

Each man is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Fields faces two additional counts of distributing fentanyl, Young faces three more counts and Brasson faces two more counts…

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