Seattle’s Fentanyl Kingpin Sentenced to 20 Years for Armed Sales

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Street-level kingpin Leon Henderson has been locked up for good, sentenced to a 20-year slammer for pushing deadly fentanyl. The Seattle native was caught with over 18k fentanyl pills and two guns—time after time, as if he’d learned nothing from previous arrests. His judge called it ‘an epidemic,’ and the community’s relief is palpable.

Seattle Police, backed by the FBI, zeroed in on Henderson and his North Aurora hotspot. Despite several chances to mend his ways, Henderson kept selling to the desperate, packing heat each time they nabbed him. Now, he’ll have plenty of time to ponder the street life’s cost.