Country Club Hills man sentenced to 16 years in prison for selling fentanyl-laced heroin – The Southland Journal

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Country Club Hills man sentenced to 16 years in prison for selling heroin laced with fentanyl (Chicago, IL) – A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for selling heroin laced with fentanyl.

Calvin Carter sold the drugs twice in the fall of 2019. The first sale occurred in the parking lot of a gas station in Olympia Fields, Illinois, and the second in the parking lot of a liquor store in Country Club Hills, Illinois. Unbeknownst to Carter, the buyer secretly cooperated with law enforcement in both transactions.

Carter, 44, of Country Club Hills, Illinois, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking earlier this year. In imposing the 16-year prison sentence on June 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Manish S. Shah found that the government had proven Carter possessed a firearm in connection with the drug offenses. A court-ordered search of Carter’s residence shortly after the drug sales uncovered several firearms.

The verdict was announced by Morris Pasqual, acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Sheila G. Lyons, special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Substantial assistance was provided by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the FBI, the Illinois State Police, and the Chicago Police Department.

“The defendant possessed nearly a kilogram of heroin and fentanyl that he intended to distribute to others,” Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Niranjan Emani argued in the government’s sentencing memo. “The types of drugs the defendant sold and intended to distribute have a devastating impact on the community.”

The government was represented by Mr. Emani and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tiffany Ardam and Kristen Totten.

Country Club Hills man sentenced to 16 years in prison for selling heroin laced with fentanyl

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