ATHENS, Ga. — A Hull man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and other drugs.
Dwan Maurice Hewlett, 41, also known as “LA,” was sentenced July 7 to 420 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release. A jury convicted him in February on six counts, including drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession.
Drug sting leads to arrest
According to court documents, Athens-Clarke County Police arrested Hewlett after a confidential informant arranged to buy fentanyl from him. The meeting took place at a gas station on Danielsville Road. When police moved in, Hewlett reached under his seat, ran from officers, and was caught after a short chase.
Police searched his car and found a loaded .380 pistol and large amounts of drugs: 133 grams of fentanyl, 58 grams of meth, 10 grams of cocaine, and 16 grams of crack.
The amount of fentanyl officers seized is the equivalent of almost 7,000 potentially fatal doses.
During Hewlett’s arrest, police also found two phones with evidence he had recently planned to sell two kilograms of fentanyl, federal prosecutors said.
Repeat offender
Hewlett has three prior felony drug convictions and one for firearm possession by a felon.
“This armed career criminal will no longer be selling the dangerous drug fentanyl in our community,” said Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Jerry Saulters.
The case was investigated by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, the Northeast Georgia Drug Task Force, the FBI, DEA, and ATF agents.
