Man implicated in a series of Carrollton fentanyl poisonings has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
What Happened?
The 18-year-old Julio Gonzales Jr. acknowledged that he had given and sold roughly 120,000 fake M30 pills—which included fentanyl—to a number of clients and at least one young M30 dealer.
In addition to selling consumers “K Packs,” which included 1,000 pills at a time, he also sold M30 tablets separately. He might spend up to 40 years behind bars.
According to court records, Gonzales, also known as “J-Money,” was purportedly identified as the supplier of the fentanyl pills that killed a 14-year-old girl in December 2022 by a 16-year-old dealer who sold them in February.
Convicted For 40 Years Imprisonment
Source: ABC News
The 16-year-old dealer allegedly talked about “J-Money” over text conversations with Luis Eduardo Navarrete, one of the first dealers accused in the fentanyl conspiracy. Gonzales is the ninth defendant in this instance.
DEA agents searched Gonzales’ home and discovered a partial kilogramme of cocaine in a plastic food storage container, thousands of fentanyl-laced M30 pills in the microwave, large amounts of US currency stashed in the closet and multiple firearms—including a pistol with an illegal Glock switch—scattered throughout the house.
Earlier this year, many people entered guilty pleas to charges of selling fentanyl, including Donovan Jude Andrews, Adrian Martinez-Leon, Rafael Soliz, Jr., Magaly Cano, Robert Alexander Gaitan, Jason Xavier Villanueva, and Stephen Paul Brinson. Navarrete is accused but not yet found guilty.
