{"id":347437,"date":"2026-06-05T02:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347437\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T02:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:15:12","slug":"2nd-sacramento-man-pleads-guilty-to-shipping-fentanyl-pills-in-childrens-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347437\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Sacramento man pleads guilty to shipping fentanyl pills in children\u2019s toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(FOX40.COM) \u2014\u00a0A second Sacramento man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from shipping hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills around the country for more than a year, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edca\/pr\/sacramento-man-pleads-guilty-role-shipping-half-million-fentanyl-pills-across-united-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:news release published Thursday;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;news release published Thursday&quot;}\" class=\"link \">news release published Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reginald Jones, 36, pleaded guilty to 15\u00a0counts of drug trafficking offenses and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, Eastern District of California. Another member of the group, 36-year-old Marcus Miller, of Sacramento,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/doj-sacramento-man-shipped-pills-204607968.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:also pleaded guilty to similar charges on May 29;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;also pleaded guilty to similar charges on May 29&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> also pleaded guilty to similar charges on May 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Law enforcement seized approximately 450,000 fentanyl pills in packages shipped by Jones and his co-conspirators, often hidden inside children\u2019s toys. Evidence indicates the group shipped over a million fentanyl pills to customers in several different states, the attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During searches, agents found hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills, more than $80,000 in cash, and 17 firearms. Some pills and a firearm were hidden inside a secret compartment in Miller\u2019s vehicle, the attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jones and Miller are both scheduled to be sentenced in October and each faces a mandatory sentence of at least 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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