Date: 07-21-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Emmanuel Xaiver Hunter

Case Number: 3:22-cr-05345

Judge: David G. Estudillo

Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (Pierce County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Tacoma

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description:

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with caught with nearly 100,000 fentanyl pills and five firearms
Puyallup man caught with nearly 100,000 fentanyl pills and five firearms sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison

The Drug Enforcement Administration, working with the Auburn Police Department, used a confidential source to purchase fentanyl pills from Emmanuel Xaiver Hunter, age 25, on two occasions. In early November 2022, after obtaining a court-authorized search warrant for Hunter’s homes, car and person, law enforcement arrested him and searched both his Puyallup home and downtown Seattle apartment.

Through the searches law enforcement seized 98,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills stamped with “M” and “30” and containing fentanyl, approximately 1.7 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 1.2 kilograms of cocaine, and five handguns. The handgun that Hunter carried when he was arrested was a Glock pistol equipped with an auto-sear so that it acted as an automatic weapon.

In his plea agreement, Hunter admitted that he carried the firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking. That crime calls for a mandatory minimum of five years to run consecutive to any sentence imposed in the case.

Hunter will be on five years of supervised release following prison.

The case was investigated by the DEA and Auburn Police Department.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Max Shiner.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 78 months in prison

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