身藏3960颗芬太尼药丸待售，纽约州毒贩被判120个月监禁
美国司法部纽约北区联邦检察官办公室宣布，28岁的 Eric Hines 于11月4日被联邦法院判处120个月监禁，罪名是持有芬太尼意图分销。Hines 家住纽约州 Watervliet；联邦地区法官 Anne M. Nardacci 另判处其刑满后接受8年监督释放。宣布量刑的是第一助理联邦检察官 John A. Sarcone III 与缉毒局（DEA）特别探员主管 Farhana Islam。
根据 Hines 此前认罪时承认的事实，2024年12月17日，他同意以8,500美元的价格出售4,000颗药丸。执法人员在药丸售出前将其抓获，从他身上查获3,960颗经检测含芬太尼的药丸，重量超过300克。这次抓捕是针对他在 Cohoes 与 Watervliet 两地分销芬太尼和卡芬太尼调查的一部分。
Sarcone 表示，他感谢 DEA 探员坚持不懈地追踪并清除那些企图靠出售致命物质牟利的人，这次起诉是该办公室持续打击芬太尼流入纽约北区街头、把兜售毒品者绳之以法承诺的一部分。Islam 表示，近4,000颗芬太尼药丸意味着数以千计的潜在致死剂量，却只为了8,500美元的报酬；Hines 选择了利润而非人命，所幸 DEA 探员的不懈努力让这些致命药丸没有流上街头。
此案由 DEA 调查，助理联邦检察官 Paul DerOhannesian 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部纽约北区联邦检察官办公室）
Watervliet Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 120 Months for Possessing 3,960 Fentanyl Pills
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York announced that Eric Hines, 28, of Watervliet, New York, was sentenced on November 4, 2026, to 120 months in federal prison for possessing fentanyl with the intention to distribute. U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci also imposed an eight-year term of supervised release to follow his release from prison. First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam made the announcement.
As part of his previously entered guilty plea, Hines admitted that on December 17, 2024, he agreed to sell 4,000 pills in exchange for $8,500. He was apprehended by law enforcement before the pills were sold and was found in possession of 3,960 pills that tested positive for fentanyl and weighed over 300 grams. The arrest was part of an investigation into his distribution of fentanyl and carfentanil in Cohoes and Watervliet.
"I thank the Special Agents at the DEA for their steadfast pursuit to track down and remove those who seek to profit from selling deadly substances in our community," Sarcone said. "This prosecution is part of our continued commitment to those in the Northern District of New York to fight fentanyl from flowing onto our streets and bring to justice the dealers who push this poison." Islam said nearly 4,000 fentanyl pills amounted to thousands of potential lethal doses, all for an $8,500 payday, and that the pills never reached the streets thanks to the work of DEA agents.
The case was investigated by the DEA. Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul DerOhannesian prosecuted the case. (Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York)
来源：美国司法部纽约北区联邦检察官办公室
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