Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Kelvin Baez-Adames, 32, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced December 20, 2023, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for his participation in a fentanyl drug conspiracy. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Baez-Adames to 120 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Baez-Adames release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

From August 2021 to May 4, 2022, Baez-Adames and co-defendant Kiara Jimenez ran an online company to sell M-30 pills utilizing Bitcoin. The M-30 pills were counterfeit and contained fentanyl.  The Drug Enforcement Administration in Omaha began its undercover operation after pills were seized in Nebraska with the moniker “THEMESSIAH11.”  

An undercover address was utilized to purchase pills online from THEMESSIAH11. DEA purchased 60 blue pills later identified as fraudulent M-30 pills containing fentanyl.  The pills were sent in a Crunch N’ Munch box to prevent detection.  The DEA set up another purchase and the tracking number for the order was from the Bronx, New York.  This package contained more fentanyl pills hidden in another Crunch N’ Munch box.  Surveillance was conducted in the Bronx and codefendant Kira Jimenez was observed leaving the defendant’s apartment to deliver 10 packages.  The packages were intercepted by DEA and all contained fentanyl inside Crunch N’ Munch boxes.  On May 4, 2022, law enforcement executed a search warrant on the defendant’s apartment in the Bronx.  Law enforcement seized fentanyl pills, drug paraphernalia and several cases of Crunch N’ Munch.  Baez-Adames is responsible for one kilogram of fentanyl analogue.

Kiara Jimenez pled guilty to fentanyl drug conspiracy and will be sentenced on January 24, 2024.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration.