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More Than Four Pounds of Fentanyl Lead

To Prison For Two Men

OKLAHOMA CITY – Jose Avigail Gri- possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton sentenced
jalva, 26, of Tucson, Arizona, and Raymend After testing revealed the presence of fentan- Grijalva to 120 months in prison, to be fol-
Lee Scott, Jr., 39, of Roswell, Georgia, have yl, the grand jury returned a two-count super- lowed by five years of supervised release.
been sentenced to ten and seven years respec- seding indictment on June 20, 2017. Today Judge Heaton sentenced Scott to sev-
tively for trafficking in fentanyl and cocaine, en years in prison and three years of super-
announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid vised release. Both have been in state or fed-
Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Admin- typically prescribed in amounts less than a eral custody since their arrest in April 2017.
istration and Robert J. Troester of the U.S. milligram. The National Institute on Drug This case is the result of an investigation by
Attorney’s Office. Abuse reported in August 2018 that synthetic the Drug Enforcement Administration and
opioids other than methadone—a category the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, with assis-
According to court documents, the Okla- dominated by fentanyl—were responsible for tance from the District Attorney for Caddo,
homa Highway Patrol stopped Grijalva and more than 29,000 of approximately 72,000 Grady, Jefferson, and Stephens Counties. It
Scott for a traffic violation on Interstate 40 in overdose deaths in the United States in 2017. was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys
western Oklahoma on April 10, 2017. A drug According to the Drug Enforcement Ad- David McCrary and Jacquelyn M. Hutzell.
dog alerted to the back bumper. Troopers ministration, 4.5 pounds of fentanyl, if pure,
found 4.5 pounds of fentanyl and more than could kill as many as one million people. Reference is made to court filings for further
seven pounds of cocaine in the spare tire. information.
Grijalva pleaded guilty to possession of con-
The next day, the District Attorney for Cad- trolled substances with intent to distribute More than four pounds of fentanyl lead to
do County charged Grijalva and Scott with on Nov. 21, 2017. On Feb. 27, 2018, Scott prison for two men. (2018, November 7). Re-
aggravated drug trafficking. A federal grand pleaded guilty to a superseding information trieved January 22, 2019, from https://www.
jury indicted the pair on May 18, 2017, on that charged him with conspiring to traffic dea.gov/press-releases/2018/11/07/more-
one count of conspiracy and one count of fentanyl and cocaine. On Sept. 6, 2018, Chief four-pounds-fentanyl-lead-prison-two-men

Portland Nurse Charged With

Drug Trafficking

PORTLAND, Ore. – On Nov. 29, from Vancouver to Portland with This case was investigated by U.S.
2018, Rene Elene Griffin Nunn, 59, approximately 93 grams of heroin Drug Enforcement Administration.
of Vancouver, Washington, made an in her purse. According to informa-
initial appearance in federal court tion presented at the hearing, she is An indictment is only an accusa-
before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jolie a registered nurse employed at Ad- tion of a crime, and a defendant is
A. Russo. ventist Medical Center in Portland. presumed innocent unless and until
proven guilty.
A one-count indictment alleges Nunn was released pending trial. A
Nunn conspired to possess with three-day jury trial is scheduled for Portland nurse charged with drug
intent to distribute controlled sub- Jan. 29, 2019, before U.S. District trafficking. (2018, December 3).
stances. The indictment also alleges Court Judge Marco A. Hernandez. Retrieved January 22, 2019, from
that, between September 2017 and If convicted, Nunn faces a maxi- https://www.dea.gov/press-releas-
January 2018, Nunn communicat- mum sentence of 20 years in prison, es/2018/12/03/portland-nurse-
ed with others about the price and a $1 million fine and a mandatory charged-drug-trafficking
quantity of methamphetamine and minimum three-year term of super-
heroin, and in February 2018, drove vised release.

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