A Spanaway drug dealer with white supremacist ties who federal authorities said knew his drugs were causing overdoses was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday for distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Sean Michael Moinette, 46, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for his leadership role in a drug distribution network.

In other recorded calls, Moinette discussed using women as “live shipping containers” to transport fentanyl out of state and also considered transporting drugs by airplane to Alaska.

Spanaway man Sean Michael Moinette receives a 12-year sentence for his role in a drug ring distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine.

A Spanaway man was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for his leadership role in a drug distribution ring in Western Washington.

A Dillon man was sentenced Thursday to 11 years and three months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking large quantities of meth

Two Chinese citizens are standing trial in New York for charges related to the illicit fentanyl trade in a landmark case as officials aim to crack down on the movement of the deadly drug and its components from China to the United States.

The drug is increasingly manufactured in and trafficked from the U.S.’s northern neighbor, though the numbers remain small compared with Mexico.

While there is no guaranteed solution in sight, parents, school districts, local, state and federal government officials and legislators across the country are scrambling to find effective strategies to mitigate the death and societal destruction fentanyl is inflicting on families and communities nationwide.

A Chilhowie man was arrested Sunday, January 19 after his brother died of a fentanyl overdose August 18, 2024.

President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports into the United States on Feb. 1, a decision that is sure to escalate trade tensions between the world’s largest economies.

President Donald Trump said from the White House that he's looking at a 10% tariff on imports from China. He pushed Xi Jinping crack down on fentanyl.

A Bristol, Virginia, man has been charged with homicide following a fentanyl overdose death, according to the Washington County, Virginia Sheriff's Office.