DOJ: Fresno man sentenced after 26 pounds of fentanyl found in his residence
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A 27-year-old Fresno, was sentenced to prison for possessing with intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced Monday.
Talbert says Alden Nunez-Rosales, was sentenced today to 121 months in prison.
According to court documents, on April 26, 2023, Nunez-Rosales delivered 5,000 fentanyl pills to a person who he believed was a customer but was actually a government informant.
Law enforcement officers then followed Nunez-Rosales back to his residence, where Nunez-Rosales obtained 45,000 more fentanyl pills that he intended to distribute.
Officials say minutes later, police officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Nunez-Rosales’s car, but he sped off, eventually crashed his car into a tree, and then fled on foot.
Officers apprehended him and then searched his residence. In total, officers seized over 26 pounds of fentanyl pills as well as a firearm, ammunition, a scale, and over $3,500 in cash.
