Middletown Man Heading to Prison for 8 Years for Selling Fentanyl and Illegal Ammunition

Jeff Jones

WILMINGTON, Del. – The Department of Justice has reported a Middletown man was sentenced on April 6, 2022 to 97 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with intent to distribute, as well as possession of ammunition by a person prohibited. 

According to a DOJ press release, Leon Ransom, 31, was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) after multiple sales of methamphetamine and a separate sale of fentanyl to a DEA confidential source.    Following a search of the home in which Ransom was living, the DEA found almost four additional ounces of crystal methamphetamine, over two ounces of fentanyl, three ounces of cocaine, two scales, cutting agents, and a box of ammunition.  The methamphetamine sold and possessed by Ransom was chemically tested by the DEA and found to be 100% pure. 

David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika.  U.S. Attorney Weiss commented, “Methamphetamine and fentanyl are two of the deadliest drugs plaguing our streets today.  Peddling these poisons endangers the safety of our community.  My office will continue to seek significant prison sentences for those who profit from illegal drug sales.”

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“As U.S. Attorney Weiss said, illicit fentanyl and methamphetamine are two street drugs that have had a disproportionately destructive effect on our communities,” said Thomas Hodnett, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division.  “That Ransom was selling distribution quantities of both and had gun ammunition shows how dangerous his criminal conduct was.”


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