Louisville Federal Grand Jury Returns Three Indictments Charging Fentanyl Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

Louisville, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville returned three indictments this week separately charging three local men with fentanyl trafficking and firearms offenses. 

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge J. Todd Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Lesley Allison of the Pittsburg Division, Special Agent in Charge R. Shawn Morrow of the ATF Louisville Field Division, Chief Erika Shields of the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department, and Chief Richard Sanders of the Jeffersontown Police Department made the announcement.

According to the indictments and court records: 

Eddie Leo-David Price, age 39, was charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 10 years and maximum sentence of life in prison.    

Keivon M. Albritton, age 25, was charged with four counts of distribution of fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 5 years and maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.    

Leangelo D. Sullivan, age 43, was charged with two counts of distribution of fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 5 years and maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.   

According to criminal complaints, both Albritton and Sullivan distributed counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. The tablets being sold by both men were round, blue pills imprinted with an M and a 30. These pills are counterfeit in that they are being sold illicitly as oxycodone when in fact they contain fentanyl which is increasingly linked to overdoses among users.

A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. There is no parole in the federal system.

The DEA, the USPIS, the ATF, the Kentucky State Police, the Louisville Metro Police Department, the Jeffersontown Police Department, and the Shively Police Department are investigating the cases.

These cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marisa Ford and Frank Dahl.

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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