Baltimore Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills Online
Christion Sayyid Gill, 27, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.
4 reports on this incident · first at Aug 21, 2026, 12:25 p.m. ET
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Aug 25, 2026, 3:22 a.m. ET
Baltimore Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills Online
A federal judge sentenced Christion Sayyid Gill, 27, of Hagerstown, Maryland, to 17 years in prison on August 20, 2026, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. Gill was convicted of selling fentanyl-laced pills online, as reported by wdtv.com.
The government said Gill and his partner built a highly organized digital drug marketplace, using social media to advertise and sell counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, and delivered them to customers. The investigation involved the United States Postal Inspection Service, Homeland Security Investigations, Brunswick Police Department, Frederick City Police, Maryland State Police, Hagerstown Police Department, Washington County Sheriff's Office, and Frederick County Sheriff's Office.
The case was prosecuted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.
Aug 25, 2026, 3:15 a.m. ET
Baltimore Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills Online
A federal judge sentenced Christion Sayyid Gill, 27, of Hagerstown, Maryland, to 17 years in prison on August 20, 2026, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. The sentence was announced by wdtv.com.
Gill was charged with selling fentanyl-laced pills online. The government said Gill and his partner built a highly organized digital drug marketplace, using social media to advertise and sell counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, and delivered them to customers, as reported by wdtv.com.
The investigation involved the United States Postal Inspection Service, Homeland Security Investigations, Brunswick Police Department, Frederick City Police, Maryland State Police, Hagerstown Police Department, Washington County Sheriff's Office, and Frederick County Sheriff's Office, according to wdtv.com.
Aug 21, 2026, 12:25 p.m. ETFirst report
Baltimore Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy
A federal judge sentenced Jeremy Bethea, 47, of Baltimore, to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. The sentence was announced on August 20, 2026, by U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes, along with DEA Special Agent in Charge Christopher C. Goumenis and Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.
Court documents state that from August 2022 through October 2023, Bethea conspired with others to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine in the Baltimore area. Undercover investigators conducted 15 controlled purchases from Bethea between November 2022 and May 2023. In January 2023, Bethea sold more than 40 grams of fentanyl to an undercover investigator. A federal wiretap intercepted communications from three cellphones, including Bethea's, from June 2023 through August 2023, leading to the recovery of several hundred gelcaps containing fentanyl with a total weight of more than 400 grams, as confirmed by a DEA laboratory analysis.
During the investigation, law enforcement executed a search warrant on a Sharp-Leadenhall residence used by Bethea to store drugs, uncovering 105 grams of crack cocaine packaged for retail sale and more than 300 grams of marijuana. Bethea pleaded guilty to the charges in April 2026. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tsuei.
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