A couple was sentenced for a fentanyl trafficking scheme in Central Florida. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier recently announced 60-year and 30-year prison sentences for Renee Stephens and Vincent Stephens for fentanyl trafficking in Hillsborough County.
“This couple was not only profiting from pushing poison into our communities, but they were also doing it in the presence of a young, vulnerable child,” said Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. “These drug traffickers have proven multiple times that they have no regard for the law. I am grateful to Assistant Statewide Prosecutors Luis Aguila and Gianna Fina for ensuring they will spend a very long time behind bars.”
At the time of the operation, Vincent Stephens was incarcerated, serving a 20-year sentence on prior trafficking and firearm charges. While in prison, Vincent connected Renee with another inmate and directed the trafficking activity. Renee sold fentanyl from her apartment, where her young child was present during several drug deals…