Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison

FORT WAYNE – Brian Britt, 30 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor.

Britt was sentenced to a total of 180 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release.

According to documents in the case, law enforcement conducted three controlled buys of fentanyl pills from Britt in December of 2022 and January of 2023.  During these drug deals, Britt sold a total of about 6,500 fentanyl pills in the parking lot of a downtown Fort Wayne apartment building.  In March of 2023, Britt possessed over 400 grams of additional fentanyl for sale in his apartment, and he had a .223 caliber rifle and a .40 caliber pistol with an extended magazine to protect and further his drug trafficking.        

This case was investigated by the FBI’s Fort Wayne Safe Streets Gang Task Force, which has as members the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Indiana State Police, the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, and the Fort Wayne Police Department.  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Phoenix, Arizona, Police Department also assisted in this investigation.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anthony W. Geller.

This case was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

This case was also part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.