Drug Trafficker Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl in which a Young Mother Died after Ingesting

DEC 14 (BROOKLYN, N.Y.)

Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, Johnnie Monroe, also known as “Nut,” was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 97 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, to be followed by a term of four years’ supervised release. The fentanyl the defendant distributed was linked to the overdose death of a young mother in West Virginia in April 2015. Judge Cogan also ordered forfeiture in the amount of $150,000.

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