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Date: 05-24-2024
Case Style:
United States of America v. Dejon Parks
Case Number: 23-cr-00023
Judge: Holly A. Brady
Court: The United States Distric`t Court for the Northern District of Indiana (Lake County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office for Hammond
Defendant's Attorney: Travis S. Friend
Description: Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer Travis S. Friend represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl
Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison
Dejon Parks, 28 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.
In October 2022, Parks mailed two packages containing a large amount of fentanyl pills from Tempe, Arizona, to an address in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A United States Postal Inspector intercepted the packages and obtained a federal search warrant, discovering the packages contained a total of more than three kilograms of fentanyl pills.
This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service, the United States Postal Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Indiana State Police, the Fort Wayne Police Department, and the Allen County Sheriff’s Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anthony W. Geller.
This case was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
Outcome:
Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 135 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release
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