FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) — A Fort Wayne man will spend 30 years in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking operation that moved large quantities of pills from Arizona into Northern Indiana. Robert Lamons II, 33, was sentenced September 2 by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Bra dy after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Lamons was sentenced to 360 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. According to federal prosecutors, Lamons coordinated shipments of fentanyl pills from Arizona to Indiana and recruited others to help transport the drugs on commercial airline flights. Prosecutors said one of those people was a minor under the age of 18. After the drugs arrived in Indiana, Lamons used other people to distribute the fentanyl throughout northeastern Indiana, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana. U.S. Attorney Adam Mildred said Lamons ran a large-scale distribution network for several years and described the operation as a threat to the community. The case was investigated by the FBI’s Fort Wayne Safe Streets Gang Task Force, which includes the FBI, Indiana State Police, Allen County Sheriff’s Department and Fort Wayne Police Department. The Drug Enforcement Administration, Phoenix and Glendale police departments in Arizona, and the Allen County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office also assisted with the investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anthony W. Geller and Lesley J. Miller Lowery. The post Fort Wayne man sentenced to 30 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking appeared first on WOWO News/Talk 92.3 FM and 1190 AM. ...read more read less