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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A 45-year-old Florida antheral was charged with conspiring to administer fentanyl into Federal Prisons, including USP Atwater, utilizing a drone, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced Friday.
According to national prosecutors, James Key III of Eustis, Florida, was charged with conspiracy to administer fentanyl.
According to tribunal documents, betwixt Dec. 16, 2024, and Aug. 17, 2025, Key worked with inmates astatine the Federal Bureau of Prisons to present fentanyl and contraband cellphones into situation facilities successful Atwater - arsenic good arsenic different prisons successful Florida and South Carolina.
Prosecutors accidental Key and his conspirators applied fentanyl onto paper, bundled that paper, wrapped it successful synthetic grass, and past delivered it by drone into the prisons.
If convicted, Key could look a maximum statutory punishment of 20 years successful situation and a $1 cardinal fine.
