Blaine Man Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

MINNEAPOLIS– A Blaine man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. 

According to the defendant’s guilty plea, on May 5, 2021, law enforcement executed a search warrant at the Blaine residence of Demarcus Lee Washington, 35. As a result of the search, law enforcement recovered over 1,000 grams of controlled substances, at least 800 grams of which was fentanyl.

Washington pleaded guilty today before Senior Judge Ann D. Montgomery to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.

This case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, the Ramsey County Violent Crime Enforcement Team (VCET) and the Roseville and Mounds View Police Departments.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew Dunne, Ruth Shnider and Samantha Bates are prosecuting the case.