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Date: 06-22-2021
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Case Number: 01:19-cr-142
Judge: Richard G. Andrews
Court: United States District Court for the District of Delaware (New Castle County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Wilmington, Delaware drug distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jose Santana-Gonzalez, age 36.
Santana-Gonzalez distributed heroin containing fentanyl on August 28, 2018. The victim overdosed and died after ingesting that heroin. When Santana-Gonzalez was arrested in his Chester apartment in December 2018, law enforcement found 150 grams of heroin laced with fentanyl, enough for thousands of retail doses to street-level addicts. At sentencing, United States District Judge Richard G. Andrews granted a motion by the United States to enhance Santana-Gonzalez’s sentence, ultimately imposing over seven years of federal prison time.
U.S. Attorney Weiss commented, “The significant sentence Mr. Santana-Gonzalez received reflects the dangers associated with distributing heroin laced with fentanyl -- which is tantamount to putting poison on the streets of our community. My office will continue to investigate and prosecute those whose deadly drug sales are responsible for overdose deaths.”
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the New Castle County Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander P. Ibrahim and Christopher L. de Barrena-Sarobe prosecuted the case.
21:846 - CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 40 GRAMS OR MORE OF FENTANYL AND COCAINE BASE IN VIOLATION OF 21:841(a)(10,(b)(1)(B),(b)(1)(C) - ( COUNT I - 9/19/2018 THRU 12/20/2018 )
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 7 years in prison.
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