Date: 11-12-2024

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United States of America v. Euddy Izquierdo

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Judge: Juan R. Sánchez

Court: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Plaintiff's Attorney: The States United Attorney’s Office for Philadelphia

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Loaded Firearm and Trafficking Fentanyl, Heroin, Crack Cocaine, and Cocaine
Convicted Drug Felon Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Loaded Firearm and Trafficking Fentanyl, Heroin, Crack Cocaine, and Cocaine at a North Philadelphia Residence

United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Euddy Izquierdo, 42, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Juan R. Sánchez to 240 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, para-flourofentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine, and cocaine, and unlawfully possessing a firearm.

On January 10, 2022, Izquierdo was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration, after agents seized a large cache of drugs from a residence on the 2000 block of Sanger Street in Philadelphia. The defendant admitted to the agents that he rented the place to store and package his drugs, which he sold in the city’s Kensington neighborhood.

Inside the basement apartment, DEA agents recovered 237.8 grams of para-flourofentanyl (a fentanyl analogue), 93.1 grams of fentanyl, 132.1 grams of heroin, 29.7 grams of crack cocaine, 153.8 grams of cocaine, and 26 grams of xylazine (also known as “tranq”), a veterinary sedative commonly used as a cheap cutting agent to dilute controlled substances on the street and increase profits for drug traffickers. Agents also recovered a loaded 9mm pistol on a table in the apartment.

At the time of his arrest, Izquierdo was on federal supervised release following a previous drug trafficking conviction in 2015. Because of his prior conviction, Izquierdo was not permitted to possess a firearm under federal law.

On June 18, 2024, after a two-day trial, a federal jury found Izquierdo guilty of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of para-fluorofentanyl, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, 100 grams or more of heroin, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, and cocaine; maintaining a drug-involved premises; possession of a firearm by a felon; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

“Euddy Izquierdo was like a one-stop shop for narcotics,” said U.S. Attorney Romero. “Heroin, crack, fentanyl, powder cocaine — he pushed all of it into Kensington, profiting from other people’s pain and addiction. Getting illegal drugs off the street and illegal guns out of criminals’ hands makes our city immeasurably safer. My office and the DEA will continue to put these traffickers out of business and behind bars.”

“Izquierdo received a severe sentence in federal prison for the distribution of dangerous drugs such as fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine, and cocaine, which was further aggravated by the fact that he was on supervised release for a prior federal drug conviction at the time of his arrest,” said Thomas Hodnett, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division. “Izquierdo was convicted at trial for distributing these drugs in Kensington, an area that has been disproportionately affected by the ravages of the opioid crisis. For that he will spend the next 20 years in a federal prison.”

This case was investigated by the DEA as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Justin Ashenfelter.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 240 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release

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