明尼苏达州芬太尼贩运团伙6人合计获刑540个月，涉近30公斤芬太尼药丸
2026年8月4日，美国明尼苏达州联邦检察官Daniel N. Rosen在Minneapolis宣布，Amanda Jennifer Freeman当天被联邦地区法官Michael J. Davis判刑。至此，「美国诉Shiloe Devanglo Nixon等人」案的6名被告全部判毕，合计获刑540个月，罪名是合谋分销近30公斤芬太尼药丸。
6人的刑期分别为：Woodbury的Shiloe Devanglo Nixon（37岁）与Malik Deronte Nixon（30岁）各180个月，另加5年狱后监管；Welch的Ernesto Alexis Seals（28岁）120个月；Rush City的Justin Keith Banks（37岁）60个月；St. Paul的Freeman（38岁）与亚利桑那州San Tan Valley的Zakiya Niajoneu Whitney（25岁）均为已服刑期满，另加2年狱后监管。
据法庭文件，2023年9月至2024年3月间，该团伙把芬太尼药丸从亚利桑那州运入明尼苏达州双城地区分销。执法人员先后查获三批药丸：2024年2月6日在St. Paul一处出租屋搜出近9.7公斤；约一个月后在新墨西哥州40号州际公路截获约10公斤；其后又在明尼苏达州截停Nixon兄弟的车辆，查获约9.7公斤分装在9个塑料袋中的药丸。
此案由国土安全调查局、烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局、Dakota县缉毒特遣队、明尼苏达州巡警、新墨西哥州警察与Minneapolis-St. Paul机场警察等机构侦办，联邦助理检察官Campbell Warner公诉。
Six Sentenced to a Combined 540 Months in Minnesota for Conspiracy to Distribute Nearly 30 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills
On August 4, 2026, U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that Amanda Jennifer Freeman was sentenced that day by U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis. Freeman was the sixth and final defendant sentenced in United States v. Shiloe Devanglo Nixon et al., and the six defendants received a combined 540 months in prison for conspiring to distribute nearly 30 kilograms of fentanyl pills.
The sentences were: Shiloe Devanglo Nixon, 37, of Woodbury, and Malik Deronte Nixon, 30, of Woodbury, 180 months each plus five years of supervised release; Ernesto Alexis Seals, 28, of Welch, 120 months; Justin Keith Banks, 37, of Rush City, 60 months; and Freeman, 38, of St. Paul, and Zakiya Niajoneu Whitney, 25, of San Tan Valley, Arizona, time served plus two years of supervised release each.
According to court documents, from September 2023 through March 2024 the group moved fentanyl pills from Arizona into Minnesota's Twin Cities for distribution. Investigators seized three shipments: almost 9.7 kilograms from a St. Paul rental home on February 6, 2024; roughly 10 kilograms from Whitney's car on Interstate 40 in New Mexico about a month later; and roughly 9.7 kilograms, divided among nine plastic bags, from the Nixons' car weeks after that.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Dakota County Drug Task Force, the Minnesota State Patrol, the New Mexico State Police and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Police Department, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Campbell Warner.
来源：美国司法部明尼苏达区联邦检察官办公室
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