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Phoenix Man Sentenced to 150 Months in Washington Drug Trafficking Case

Ryan Matthew Gennette, 42, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, according to yelmonline.com.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 12, 2026, 10:14 p.m. ET

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Ryan Matthew Gennette, 42, of Phoenix, has been to in , yelmonline.com reported. No statutory maximum for the offense was cited in the reporting. According to the outlet's account of the government's case, Gennette acted as a broker for a large quantity of methamphetamine and fentanyl bound for Western Washington. Prosecutors said he shipped two large boxes in June 2024 containing 7 kilograms of fentanyl pills, almost 2 kilograms of fentanyl powder and more than 10 kilograms of actual methamphetamine to an address on Whidbey Island, later sent 9 kilograms of methamphetamine by courier, and was involved in sending firearms to cartel-connected drug sources in Mexico. Those remain the government's allegations as described in the report. The outlet reports Gennette was a longtime resident of Auburn before relocating to Phoenix. A second defendant, Donald Budge, is named in the case; the reporting does not state the status of his case or any sentence.

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