Reno Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Hundreds Of Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Laced With Fentanyl

RENO, Nev. – A Reno man confessed today to selling many fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, an amazing manufactured narcotic.

As per court records and affirmations made in court, from June 12 to September 2, 2020, Octavio Mendoza Jr., 24, sold fake oxycodone pills stepped with "M30" that contained fentanyl. On September 6, law impl

ementation captured Mendoza subsequent to noticing him utilizing drugs in a vehicle in midtown Reno. During a pursuit of the vehicle, law implementation found roughly 374 fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.

Mendoza confessed to seven counts of circulation of fentanyl and one count of ownership with goal to disseminate 40 grams or a greater amount of fentanyl. U.S. Region Judge Howard D. McKibben planned condemning for August 24, 2021.

The legal most extreme punishment for circulation of fentanyl is 20 years in jail, and the base punishment is five years in jail. The legal most extreme punishment for ownership with goal to appropriate 40 grams or a greater amount of fentanyl is 40 years in jail.

Acting U.S. Lawyer Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Awaken of the FBI made the declaration.

This case was examined by the FBI, the Northern Nevada Safe Streets Task Force, Reno Police Department, Sparks Police Department, Washoe County Sheriff's Office, Nevada Highway Patrol, Carson City Sheriff's Office, Nevada Gaming Control Board, and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Associate U.S. Lawyer Andolyn Johnson is arraigning the situation.