Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison

FORT WAYNE-Javion D. Woods, 23 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl and fentanyl analogue, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

Woods was sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release.

According to documents in the case, Woods sold fentanyl pills on two occasions and operated his drug business for months out of a Fort Wayne apartment. Specifically, on February 11, 2022, Woods coordinated a drug transaction and sent another individual to complete the deal. On February 18, 2022, Woods was the one who completed the drug deal. When his residence was later searched in March 2022, multiple firearms and ammunition were recovered.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Fort Wayne Safe Streets Gang Task Force, which includes the FBI, the Indiana State Police, the Allen County Sheriff's Department, and the Fort Wayne Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anthony W. Geller.

This case was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.