A federal judge sentenced a Lynwood, Illinois, man to 30 years on Wednesday for drug dealing.
Marco Sole, 52, pleaded guilty in September to distributing 40 grams or more of fentanyl, court filings show. He will also serve four years on supervised release after prison.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Toth wrote Sole delivered nearly 50 grams of heroin cut with fentanyl worth $4,000 in June 2022. He was also involved in 14 other fentanyl deals in Indiana and Illinois.
The FBI raided Sole’s Chicago “stash house” on S. Bishop Street in September 2022, seizing fentanyl, nearly $1,800 in cash, five guns, ammunition and tools for making drugs. Prosecutors argued that Sole also mixed heroin with other substances, including p-flourofentanyl (a fentanyl analogue) and xylazine.
In court filings, defense lawyer Amir Mohabbat wrote he didn’t know the drugs “contained fentanyl” and denied running a trap (drug) house, saying it was an address he used to forward mail.
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