Date: 11-14-2019

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Case Number: 5:18-cr-00286-D-1

Judge: James C. Dever, III

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (Wake County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Toby Lathan and Ethan Ontjes

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description: Raleigh, NC - The United States of America charged Mikkel McKinnie with distribution of fentanyl.

MIKKEL MCKINNIE, 31, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.

MICKINNIE was named in an Second Superseding Indictment filed on July 10, 2019. On August 5, 2019, MCKINNIE pled guilty to the distribution of fentanyl.

Investigation into this case began on December 1, 2016, when the Fuquay-Varina Police Department responded to a reported overdose at a Fuquay-Varina residence. Inside the residence, police officers and other first responders found an unconscious victim in a restroom. Emergency medical personnel (EMS) were unable to revive the victim and he was subsequently pronounced dead. On the floor near the victim’s body, investigators found a metal spoon containing white residue and used hypodermic needles. The white residue from the spoon was tested and found to be fentanyl. Residue from the needles was also tested and found to contain fentanyl and heroin.

An investigation into the source of the drugs that killed the victim established that, in the days preceding his death, MCKINNIE sold a substance referred to as “China White” to the victim and others. This substance was found to contain fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid approximately 50 times more potent than heroin. MCKINNIE knew that the China White was extremely dangerous and even warned his customers of its potency.

The Fuquay-Varina Police Department investigated this case.

Charges:

Distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.
(1ss)

Outcome: Count 1ss: Bureau of Prisons - 120 months - Supervised Release - 3 years with special conditions imposed - Special Assessment - $100.00 due in full immediately - Recommendations by the Court: Receive intensive substance abuse treatment - Vocational and educational opportunities - Defendant shall be housed separately from his co-defendant. The original indictment, superseding indictment, and count 2ss of the second superseding

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