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GREGG COUNTY – A Longview man who sold fake prescription drugs has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl in the Eastern District of Texas, according to a press release from the office of Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.<\/p>\n
Kym Andrew Wallace, also known as “Trigga”, 28, admitted to selling what were supposed to be prescription pills, which a 17-year-old juvenile consumed them and died from a an overdose on May 29, 2024. The pills purchased from Wallace were round and light blue, bearing the markings \u201cM\u201d and \u201c30,\u201d which are the same manufacturer\u2019s markings for 30 milligram tablets of generic oxycodone. Following the overdose of the juvenile victim, investigators analyzed the pills,and determined they contained fentanyl.<\/p>\n
Wallace pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl resulting in death and was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty years in a federal prison cannot compare to the lifetime sentence of grief that the victim\u2019s family faces as the result of Wallace\u2019s actions,\u201d said Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. \u201cWallace deserves every day of this 360-month sentence. Our office, and our law enforcement partners, will continue to aggressively work to protect our communities from drug traffickers…\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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