男子在商家停车场出售芬太尼认罪：最高面临30年监禁、涉案手枪将被没收
位于西弗吉尼亚州 Randolph County 的 Elkins 11月2日公布一宗芬太尼案件：一名居住在 Hampshire County 的 Augusta 的男子向联邦法院认罪，承认曾在一家商家的停车场出售芬太尼。
被告 Johnny Foster Biggs 现年47岁，住 Augusta。他于11月2日就一项分销芬太尼类似物罪认罪。联邦检察官 Matthew L. Harvey 当天宣布了这一认罪。
根据法庭文件，Biggs 在 Elkins 一家商家的停车场向他人售出3.339克芬太尼混合物。作为认罪协议的一部分，Biggs 同意没收与本案有关的一支手枪及弹药。
Biggs 最高面临30年监禁。联邦地区法官将在参考美国量刑指南与其他法定因素后裁定具体刑期；目前司法部尚未公布量刑日期。
案件由烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）与山区地区毒品专案组（Mountain Region Drug Task Force）查办，该专案组由高强度毒品贩运区（HIDTA）计划资助。助理检察官 Stephen Warner 代表政府起诉，联邦治安法官 Michael John Aloi 主持了认罪程序。
司法部表示，本案是「夺回美国行动」（Operation Take Back America）的一部分，这是司法部在全国推进的行动，旨在消除卡特尔与跨国犯罪组织、保护社区免受暴力犯罪侵害并应对非法移民问题。
（来源：美国司法部）
Johnny Foster Biggs Pleads Guilty to Selling Fentanyl in an Elkins Business Parking Lot
Elkins, in Randolph County, West Virginia, saw a fentanyl case move forward on November 2: a man from Augusta, in Hampshire County, pleaded guilty in federal court to selling fentanyl in a business parking lot.
The defendant, Johnny Foster Biggs, 47, of Augusta, pleaded guilty on November 2 to distribution of a fentanyl analogue. U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced the plea.
According to court documents, Biggs sold 3.339 grams of a fentanyl mixture to someone in a business parking lot in Elkins. As part of the plea agreement, Biggs agreed to forfeit a pistol and ammunition associated with the case.
Biggs faces up to 30 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors; no sentencing date was announced in the release.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Mountain Region Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Warner is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael John Aloi presided.
The Justice Department said the case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative to achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, protect communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, and repel the invasion of illegal immigration.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于 Elkins 的 Randolph County 法院。Carol M. Highsmith 摄，美国国会图书馆藏，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Randolph County Courthouse in Elkins. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress collection, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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