Maryland Man Sentenced in D.C. to 42 Months in Trafficking Counterfeit Oxycodone

WASHINGTON - Daijon West, 29, of Prince George's County, Maryland, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 42 months in connection with a years-long conspiracy to distribute fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills in the Washington, D.C., area, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

West pleaded guilty on Feb. 5, 2026, to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. In addition to the prison term, Judge Rudolph Contreras ordered West to serve 4 years of supervised release. Federal prosecutors had requested a 68-month prison sentence.

According to court papers, West distributed fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills in the Washington region during a period of several years. He obtained bulk quantities of the pills from a supplier in California, either by traveling to the West Coast himself or by arranging for the pills to be mailed to him. In one instance, in May 2022, law enforcement seized a package containing about 5,500 counterfeit oxycodone pills sent from California to West's home in Maryland.

Between September 2022 and April 2025, West sold fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills to a law enforcement source on nine occasions. The quantities ranged from 100 to more than 1,000 pills per transaction. Testing confirmed the pills contained fentanyl, and in some transactions, they also detected fentanyl analogues, methamphetamine, xylazine, or other substances.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI Washington Field Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration - Washington Division, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Washington Division. The matter was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Solomon Eppel.

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