Auburn man sentenced for selling and making fentanyl

Auburn man sentenced for selling and making fentanyl

A 59-year-old man from Auburn was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison on Tuesday for making and selling fentanyl pills. Johnny Elias was first arrested in 2024 after a lengthy investigation that revealed he was deeply involved in drug trafficking, according to a news release from Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Investigators said they began watching Elias in late 2023. Court evidence showed he had created the shell company Bodacious …

Auburn man who converted garage to a fentanyl pill manufacturing lab sentenced to 11 years in prison - Auburn Examiner

A 59-year-old Auburn man was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 11 years in prison for his fentanyl trafficking activities, Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller announced. Johnny Elias was arrested in November, 2024. Earlier in the year, law enforcement learned that Elias was purchasing drugs including fentanyl from another target of investigation and later determined he had purchased an industrial pill press, intending t…