 | Jorge Pimentel goes away for 20 years after he pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl in Rhode Island. Cops seized 19,315 fentanyl-laced pills. Cops landed over sixteen kg of fentanyl-laced pills and fentanyl powder, an industrial grade high-speed pill press, and 28 kg of cutting agents. 16 kg of fentanyl is enough to kill the entire population of Rhode Island eight times over. |
 | Pimentel knew the pills contained fentanyl and went to great lengths to make them resemble Percocet. He "produced his poison in a dirty storage unit," federal prosecutors wrote. "It wasn’t a lab where formulas were measured. There was no scientific formula. Drugs were mixed with blenders, sisters, and red Solo cups." He sold the pills in bulk to other dealers for about $1.50 apiece, generating a “significant profit,” |
