MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Enrico Fionn Hernandez, of
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for
having heroin and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Hernandez, also known as “Rico,” age 46, pled guilty to one
count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin and Fentanyl” in November
2019. Hernandez admitted to having heroin and fentanyl to distribute tin June
2017 in Jefferson County.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the
case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent
Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
These charges are the result of investigations supported by
the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) under the Attorney
General-led Synthetic Opioid Surge (SOS)/Special Operations Division (SOD)
Project Clean Sweep. This initiative
seeks to reduce the supply of synthetic opioids in “hot spot” areas previously
identified by the Attorney General of the United States, thereby reducing drug
overdoses and drug overdose deaths, and identify wholesale distribution
networks and sources of supply operating nationally and internationally.
Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M, Groh presided.
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