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Texas Woman Sentenced for Major Fentanyl Trafficking Scheme

12/4/2025

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Patricia Parker, a 74-year-old Texas-born woman living in Massachusetts, was sentenced to two years of probation, including nine months of home confinement, for her role in a fentanyl trafficking operation.
She pleaded guilty to conspiracy and distribution of over 310 grams of fentanyl, equivalent to 150,000 lethal doses.
Parker was identified after selling fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills to an undercover FDA agent in May 2022.
Investigators found she possessed over 18,000 illicit pills.

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Patricia Parker, a 74-year-old Texas-born woman living in Massachusetts, was sentenced to two years of probation, including nine months of home confinement, for her role in a fentanyl trafficking operation.
She pleaded guilty to conspiracy and distribution of over 310 grams of fentanyl, equivalent to 150,000 lethal doses.
Parker was identified after selling fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills to an undercover FDA agent in May 2022.
Investigators found she possessed over 18,000 illicit pills.