Daijon West, a 29-year-old Maryland man, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to 42 months in prison for his role in a multi-year conspiracy to distribute fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills across the Washington metropolitan area.
West, from Prince George’s County, pleaded guilty on February 5, 2026, to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. In addition to the prison term, Judge Rudolph Contreras mandated four years of supervised release. Federal prosecutors had sought a 68-month sentence.
Court documents revealed West obtained bulk quantities of the illicit pills from a California supplier, either by personal travel or through mail. In May 2022, law enforcement intercepted a package containing approximately 5,500 counterfeit oxycodone pills destined for West’s Maryland residence.
Between September 2022 and April 2025, West conducted nine transactions with a law enforcement source, selling quantities ranging from 100 to over 1,000 fentanyl-laced pills. Testing confirmed the presence of fentanyl, and in some cases, fentanyl analogues, methamphetamine, or xylazine. The investigation involved the FBI Washington Field Office, DEA, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service.