Two Akron men have been sentenced to prison for selling fentanyl.
U.S. District Court Judge John Adams sentenced Brian L. Williams, 54, to 15 years in prison Monday. The judge sentenced Terrance L. Ford, 50, to 10 years in prison Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Drug dealers such as these are responsible for the wave of death that has plagued our state over the past few years,” acting U.S. Attorney David Sierleja said.
Detectives from the Akron Police Department’s Narcotics Unit and DEA agents searched the home of Williams and Ford on July 27 ant found more than 100 grams of a substance containing fentanyl and several fentanyl patches, according to court documents.
Neither man was tied to an overdose or overdose death, said Mike Tobin, a spokesman from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Fentanyl is a powerful painkiller often mixed with heroin. People taking heroin may not know if they are using heroin, fentanyl or a combination.