Miami, Florida – Today, U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith sentenced 40-year-old Antony Junior Harris, a prolific drug dealer living in Boynton Beach, Florida to 380 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release. The sentence comes after a federal jury sitting in Fort Lauderdale found Harris guilty of attempting to, and conspiring to, possess with the intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl and 500 grams of methamphetamine.
South Florida Law enforcement officers arrested Harris in July 2020, after the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Interdiction Unit seized about two kilograms of fentanyl and four kilograms of methamphetamine in a mail package that was on its way to Harris. Federal prosecutors introduced evidence at trial showing that Harris was obtaining multiple kilograms of fentanyl and methamphetamine via FedEx and UPS from California. The parcels were shipped to the addresses of Harris’ associates. Harris obtained the narcotics from his associates and then distributed the drugs to street-level dealers operating in and around Palm Beach County.
Prior to committing these crimes, Harris had served 38 months in prison for drug trafficking. Harris was on federal supervised release when he committed some of the offenses here.
The following co-conspirators of Harris have been convicted and sentenced in this case: David Andrew Romario Chin pled guilty to the narcotics offenses and was sentenced to 151 months in prison. Marcello Marquise Jeter pled guilty to the narcotics offenses and was sentenced to 186 months in federal prison. Ryan Tyler Khan pled guilty to the narcotics offenses and was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison.
Juan Antonio Gonzalez, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Deanne L. Reuter, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Office; Christopher Robinson, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division; and Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO), made the announcement.
DEA Miami, ATF Miami, and PBSO investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rinku Tribuiani and Brian Ralston prosecuted this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney William T. Zloch handled the asset forfeiture aspects of the case.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 20-cr-80088.
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