OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – An 29-year-old Omaha man was sentenced this week in federal court to nearly 20 years on fentanyl charges.
Duane Walker Jr. was sentenced Thursday to 19.5 years for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter Jr. The federal prison system does not offer parole. Upon completion of his sentence, he will be required to serve five years under supervised release, according to Friday’s news release from U.S. Attorney Lesley A. Woods.
“At sentencing, Walker was held responsible for a drug weight equivalent to approximately 29,000 fentanyl pills based off the weights of the earlier packages,” the release states…