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Gary Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana

HAMMOND- Bobby Wright, 41 years old, of Gary, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

Wright was sentenced to 130 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release.

According to documents in the case, Wright sold fentanyl on two separate occasions in September and October 2021.  At the time of the sale, Wright was on federal supervised release for his 2019 felony conviction for distributing heroin and fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a school.  Wright was also previously convicted in 2009 for felony dealing in cocaine in Lake County, Indiana. 

This case is the result of the investigative efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration and DEA North Central Laboratory. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Kevin F. Wolff and Eamonn P. Sheehan.     

Updated September 14, 2023

Topic
Drug Trafficking