Drug trafficker gets 97 months in prison after Brooklyn Federal Court trial
A drug trafficker who was found guilty of dealing fentanyl and crack cocaine was sentenced to 97 months in prison on Thursday after a trial in Brooklyn’s federal court. The fentanyl Monroe distributed was linked to an overdose death of a mother from West Virginia in April 2015.
Johnnie “Nut” Monroe was given 97 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan. Cogan also ordered the defendant to forfeit $150,000.
“The death of a woman in West Virginia after ingesting fentanyl pills distributed by defendant Johnnie Monroe did not deter him from shortly thereafter shipping another package of pills containing fentanyl to West Virginia,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Rohde. “Today’s sentence holds Monroe accountable for contributing to the deadly opioid epidemic facing this country.”