获判终身监禁、2020年提前出狱的密歇根州男子被起诉：涉嫌分销逾400克芬太尼
美国司法部密歇根东区联邦检察官办公室2026年11月11日宣布，一份起诉书当日解封，57岁的 Warner Crider 被控在密歇根州 Jackson 县持有并分销逾400克芬太尼。Crider 是 Jackson 与 Highland Park 两地居民，宣布消息的是联邦检察官 Jerome F. Gorgon Jr.，烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）特别探员主管 James Deir 一同出席。
起诉书指控，Crider 在2026年9月至10月期间持有并出售芬太尼。分销逾400克芬太尼的罪名一旦成立，最低刑期为10年监禁，并可处最高1000万美元罚款；最终刑期由法官按量刑指南并结合被告的个人背景裁定。
Crider 此前已有重案记录。2003年，他在密歇根东区联邦法院经陪审团审判定罪，罪名包括共谋分销可卡因碱与涉枪罪行。检方称，他在上世纪90年代末至本世纪初经营一个横跨多县的贩毒网络，每天售出数千美元的可卡因碱，并以威胁、暴力和恐吓对付顾客、对手、警察及潜在证人，审判前还曾试图买凶杀害两名政府证人。
Crider 当年被判终身监禁。2020年7月，新冠疫情期间，他获得同情释放：法官认定，17年服刑期间的表现显示他已改过、不再对社区构成危险，且他将与家人住在德州、远离过去的犯罪圈子。
检方称，2026年3月，Crider 因在州法院被认定超速逃离警察拦检而被判有罪，被认定违反监管释放条件，其联邦监管随之终止。如今解封的起诉书指控他在数月后再次涉毒。
此案由 ATF 特工与专案人员连同 Blackman-Leoni 公共安全局和 Jackson 警局警员调查，由助理联邦检察官 David Porter 与 Thomas Franzinger 负责起诉。司法部强调，起诉书只是指控、不是定罪证据，被告有权获得公正审判，检方须在审判中证明其有罪、且证据确凿无合理疑点。
Michigan Man Freed Early From a Life Sentence Is Indicted on Charges of Distributing More Than 400 Grams of Fentanyl
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced on November 11, 2026, that an indictment unsealed that day charges Warner Crider, 57, with possessing and distributing more than 400 grams of fentanyl in Jackson County, Michigan. Crider, a resident of Jackson and Highland Park, was announced by U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr., joined by James Deir, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
The indictment alleges that Crider possessed and sold fentanyl in September and October 2026. Distributing more than 400 grams of fentanyl carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10 million; the actual sentence would be decided by a judge under the Sentencing Guidelines and the defendant's individual history.
Crider has a serious prior record. In 2003, a federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan convicted him of conspiring to distribute cocaine base, known as crack, and firearms offenses. Prosecutors say that in the late 1990s and early 2000s he ruthlessly ran a drug trafficking network spanning multiple counties, selling thousands of dollars of crack per day and using threats, violence and intimidation against customers, rivals, police and potential witnesses; before his trial, he attempted to have two government witnesses killed.
Crider was sentenced to life in prison. In July 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, he was granted compassionate release after a judge determined that his record of rehabilitation from 17 years of incarceration significantly mitigated his risk of reoffending, and took comfort in the fact that he would reside with family in Texas, far from his prior criminal contacts.
Prosecutors say that in March 2026 Crider was found guilty of violating his terms of supervised release after a state court conviction for speeding away from police who had pulled him over, and his federal supervision was terminated. The indictment unsealed today alleges he returned to drug dealing months later.
The case was investigated by ATF special agents and task force officers together with the Blackman-Leoni Department of Public Safety and the Jackson Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Porter and Thomas Franzinger. The Justice Department notes that an indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt, and that the defendant is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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