{"id":303347,"date":"2026-05-06T23:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/303347\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T23:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:34:11","slug":"sacramento-man-sentenced-to-8-years-in-fentanyl-firearm-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/303347\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento man sentenced to 8 years in fentanyl, firearm case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/in20the20courts20gavel20chyron20still20grab20frame20placeholder.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"In the courts: Gavel silhouette\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A 23-year-old Sacramento man will serve eight years in prison for possessing a firearm and intending to distribute fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez issued the sentence against Gabriel Cabrera on Wednesday in Sacramento federal court.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators found the firearm and fentanyl at Cabrera\u2019s residence during a parole search of the man\u2019s home, according to a release. The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for Sacramento reported the items were hidden in a room belonging to another resident, although prosecutors said evidence pointed toward the items belonging to the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Cabrera\u2019s cellphone, officers discovered a video of Cabrera holding the same firearm and many messages between Cabrera and other individuals discussing Cabrera\u2019s fentanyl sales,\u201d the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Before this case, Cabrera had been convicted of two counts of controlled substance possession, domestic assault and discharging a firearm in a negligent manner, according to an indictment.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded guilty Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation was a collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sacramento Police Department, Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>About<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/0661fb44435b4611bf52be84708c4591\"> 35 people have died from fentanyl overdoses<\/a> this year in Sacramento County, according to data from the Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/315233098\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC_8021_CoreySchmidt_HA_260409.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Corey Schmidt\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/315233098\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Schmidt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Corey Schmidt is a watchdog reporter for the Sacramento Bee, focusing on Folsom, El Dorado Hills and Sacramento County\u2019s eastern suburbs. Previously, he was the government watchdog reporter for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. Schmidt received his bachelor\u2019s degree from DePaul University in Chicago and his master\u2019s degree from Yale University.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 23-year-old Sacramento man will serve eight years in prison for possessing a firearm and intending to distribute&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-303347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}