On February 6, 2025 Ryan Elledge, 30, was sentenced to several years in prison for distributing fentanyl in Maiden County, NC.
On February 17, 2023, officers executed a search warrant at Elledge’s residence, seizing more than 71 grams of fentanyl and over $21,000 in cash.
In February 2024, law enforcement began a second investigation, after learning that Elledge was selling drugs again from his home in Newton, N.C.
On February 22, 2024, a confidential informant purchased fentanyl and other narcotics from Elledge. The following day, officers executed a search warrant at Elledge’s residence, seizing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Elledge was arrested and admitted to distributing more than a kilogram of fentanyl and over 200 grams of methamphetamine. On August 20, 2024, Elledge pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Elledge was sentenced to 84 months in prison and four years of supervised release.
