QUEENS, NY – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Tuesday that Justin Echeverry, 19, was sentenced to eight years in prison for selling over 1,100 fentanyl pills and a loaded gun to an undercover officer in 2022.
Echeverry also received a concurrent sentence of one to three years for shooting a man in the leg during a separate incident.
The Flushing resident pleaded guilty last month to criminal sale of a controlled substance and assault, as well as criminal possession of a firearm in a separate case.
As part of the plea agreement, Echeverry was ordered to forfeit $18,210. The sentencing aims to hold accountable those who endanger communities with lethal narcotics and weaponry.