On Tuesday, a Chicago man, Reginald Jemison, 56, was sentenced for coordinating the shipment of fentanyl from Chicago to Madison, NBC15 reports. He will serve 10 years in federal prison for attempting to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute. Jemison pled guilty to the charge on June 8.
Fentanyl has caused thousands of overdose deaths nationwide.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation determined Jemison was working with Andrew McClinton, another suspect, to ship drugs to a Madison apartment through the mail.
In December 2020, the package was identified by a U.S. Postal inspector who received a federal warrant to search it. A vacuum-sealed bag filled with fentanyl was discovered, weighing around 590 grams.
The package’s recipients, Jeffrey Kemp and Antonio Dillard, admitted to law enforcement that Jemison paid them to pick up the package and take it back to Chicago to distribute. Kemp was sentenced in May 2022 to four years in prison, while Dillard was sentenced in April 2022 to two years. McClinton also received nine years in prison for his role.
