A D.C. fentanyl case shows how hard the opioid problem is
, according to a Washington Post analysis of death data for 2021 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Jail time is often meted out in the name of public safety, although the public rarely has a direct say in how long and for what purpose. In recommending that Cooper spend 20 years behind bars, the office of Matthew M. Graves, the U.S.
For Mehta, just because Cooper wasn’t charged in the overdose death doesn’t mean he can ignore it. It has to be a factor in his sentence.Around Feb. 10, 2021, a man was released from drug rehab in Prescott, Ariz. The next day, he arrived by plane in D.C. and was picked up at the airport by a female friend. During the next five days they traveled to D.C., bought drugs from Cooper and returned to a home in Virginia to use the drugs. On the sixth day, the woman went to Cooper’s place alone.
“Nevertheless, after spending more than ten years in prison, he returned to trafficking drugs at the age of 37. He spent still more time in prison, and then escalated his conduct to dealing fentanyl,” it said.A federal drug task force recovered more than $100,000 from Cooper’s house and financial account. Law enforcement officials also discovered a video in which Cooper films a large pile of cash, which he picks up and shows to the camera.
According to law enforcement, Cooper had all of the ingredients necessary to run a neighborhood fentanyl franchise — set up in the kitchen of his home in gentrified Ivy City. No doubt he is just one of many. And the monetary incentives virtually assure that someone will take his place, if they haven’t already.Advertisement
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