WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. said a California man was sentenced to 13 years and 8 months in prison for taking part in a widespread drug trafficking conspiracy across the United States, including in the DMV.
Paul Alejandro Felix, 25, of Glendale, California, was sentenced on Nov.12 for a conspiracy that involved distributing thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills bought in California to different locations across the U.S., including D.C., Virginia and Maryland.
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Felix pleaded guilty on July 1 to one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release.
Felix sold pills by the thousands, often at prices below a dollar per pill. Communications evidence, as well as physical seizures, indicate that Felix participated in the transfer of tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills to downstream traffickers.