A 52-year-old Atlanta resident, Gary Lincoln Davis, was convicted by a Miami jury on charges of fentanyl conspiracy and drug trafficking. Encompassing one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, two counts of fentanyl possession with intent to distribute, and one count of attempted cocaine possession with the same intention, according to a report by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

In a trial that lasted four days, evidence showed Davis interacting with a government-sanctioned confidential source whom he met in April 2022 to discuss importing cocaine from Colombia, although this initial deal failed to materialize Davis maintained contact for future endeavors, it eventually resulted in trading fentanyl, the fentanyl - a hazardously potent opiate involved Davis in sales It included an 84-gram transaction on December 13, 2022, in Miami for which he charged $4,900.

The evidence against Davis included a continued effort to strike larger drug deals, offering a fentanyl sample on March 7, 2023, to another source, and confirming plans for selling a full kilogram, all while soliciting large quantities of cocaine purported for distribution in Georgia after processing into crack cocaine.

When law enforcement closed in on April 18, 2023, Davis was caught in a sting operation where he picked up a backpack he believed was filled with 6 kilograms of cocaine also delivered another fentanyl sample before bolting across a sextet of traffic lanes, evading on-foot capture and slipping back into Georgia, he was later apprehended by federal agents.

U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian is scheduled to sentence Davis on December 5, the consideration will be given to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, among other statutory factors; the case was investigated by FBI Miami with notable help from various agencies including the DEA, FHP, MDPD, and USMS, with Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marc Chattah and Sterling M. Paulson at the prosecutorial helm.