Gary Lincoln Davis, 52, of Atlanta, Georgia, was found guilty of fentanyl trafficking charges following a four-day trial in Florida.
According to testimony and evidence presented during the four-day trial, Davis was introduced by a cocaine importer to a confidential source working for the government. Davis then met with this confidential source at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in April 2022 to plan for a 90-kilogram cocaine shipment to be flown into the United States from Colombia.
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When that shipment did not come to fruition, Davis remained in contact with the confidential source—who Davis knew only as an international drug pilot—and agreed to source fentanyl for the confidential source.
Davis then worked with his own network of drug traffickers in the Miami area and, on Dec. 13, 2022, Davis sold 84 grams of fentanyl to the confidential source for $4,900 in Miami.
Thereafter, Davis continued to work with his own network of suppliers to set up larger deals, including the sale of a full kilogram of fentanyl.
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On March 7, 2023, Davis delivered a sample of fentanyl from one of his suppliers to a second confidential source, as proof of the fentanyl purity and potency that he would deliver in the full kilogram deal.
Davis continued in his attempts to push forward with a larger fentanyl deal, and told the confidential sources that, in connection with those plans, he had already procured 364 grams of fentanyl from one of his suppliers.
Throughout his interactions with the confidential sources, Davis also asked the confidential sources to provide him with multiple-kilogram loads of cocaine, which he said he would cook into crack cocaine and distribute in Georgia.
On April 18, 2023, Davis met with one of the confidential sources and picked up a backpack he believed contained 6 kilograms of cocaine. Davis also delivered a sample of fentanyl from another supplier to a confidential source.
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As Davis left the meeting, he observed law enforcement approaching him and sprinting across six lanes of traffic, evading pursuit, and ultimately absconding back to Georgia.
The FBI and U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) located and apprehended Davis in the Atlanta area several months later.
U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian is scheduled to sentence Davis on Dec. 5, after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
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