Pensacola三人被控参与芬太尼分销共谋：搜查缴获近两磅芬太尼与逾10万美元现金
美国佛罗里达州北区联邦检察官 John P. Heekin 宣布，佛罗里达州 Pensacola 市三名男子因涉嫌参与一项持续多年的芬太尼分销共谋被联邦逮捕起诉：Douglas Lewis, Jr.（49 岁）、Kenneth Savage（47 岁）与 Emmit Crum（48 岁）。
三人被控的罪名与一项分发芬太尼的共谋有关，还包括利用电话设施实施毒品共谋、维持涉毒场所等指控。同案另有 Tiffany Oppelt（36 岁）与 Britny Davis（36 岁）两人同样因联邦毒品指控被捕，两人均来自 Pensacola。
检方在初步听证中披露，执法人员在此次统一收网行动中搜查了 Escambia County 多处住宅，缴获近两磅芬太尼、多支枪械与车辆，以及逾 100,000 美元现金。检方称，该团伙一年多来在 Escambia County 一带分发了数量可观的芬太尼。
三名主要被告本周在 Pensacola 联邦法院治安法官 Zachary C. Bolitho 面前出席羁押听证，被裁定交由美国法警局羁押，等待后续司法程序。
本案由缉毒局（DEA）牵头，Escambia County 警长办公室、Santa Rosa County 警长办公室、Okaloosa County 警长办公室、Walton County 警长办公室、Pensacola 警察局、佛罗里达州公路巡警、佛罗里达州执法厅、联邦调查局（FBI）、美国法警局与烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）共同查办，助理联邦检察官 David L. Goldberg 负责起诉。案件属于司法部「夺回美国行动」（Operation Take Back America）的一部分。
联邦刑事投诉只是指控，三名被告在法庭证明有罪之前均被推定无罪，检方须在审判中以排除合理怀疑的标准证明其有罪。（来源：美国司法部佛罗里达州北区联邦检察官办公室）
Three Pensacola Men Charged in Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy: Nearly Two Pounds of Fentanyl Seized
Three Pensacola, Florida, men have been arrested on federal charges related to a multi-year conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin for the Northern District of Florida announced on November 6. The defendants are Douglas Lewis, Jr., 49; Kenneth Savage, 47; and Emmit Crum, 48, all of Pensacola.
The charges relate to a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, using telephone facilities to carry out the drug conspiracy, and maintaining a drug premises. Also arrested on federal drug charges were Tiffany Oppelt, 36, and Britny Davis, 36, both of Pensacola.
As revealed in court during a preliminary hearing, the three men were arrested during an operational takedown involving searches of multiple Escambia County residences. Law enforcement seized close to two pounds of fentanyl, multiple firearms and vehicles, and more than $100,000 in U.S. currency during the search warrant executions. Prosecutors said the conduct involved significant amounts of fentanyl distributed throughout Escambia County over more than a year.
The three men appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zachary C. Bolitho in Pensacola for detention hearings and were ordered held in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending further proceedings.
The case is being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, the Walton County Sheriff's Office, the Pensacola Police Department, the Florida Highway Patrol, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney David L. Goldberg is prosecuting the case, which is part of Operation Take Back America.
A federal criminal complaint is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida)
来源：美国司法部佛罗里达州北区联邦检察官办公室
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