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Memphis Man Sentenced to 144 Months for Fentanyl and Firearms Deal
A Memphis man has been sentenced to 144 months of imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Reagan Fondren, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
According to information presented in court, during the summer of 2023, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) received information that a person later identified as Adrian Seymour, 38, was distributing large amounts of fentanyl in the Memphis area. On August 15, 2023, special agents with the ATF, acting in an undercover capacity, purchased approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills from Seymour for $5,000. On September 19, 2023, special agents with the ATF, acting in an undercover capacity, purchased two firearms and approximately one hundred fentanyl pills from Seymour for $1,000.
Seymour was arrested by ATF special agents and was charged by criminal complaint in federal court in the Western District of Tennessee on October 5, 2023. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in a seven-count indictment on November 14, 2023.
On August 13, 2024, Seymour entered a plea of guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute forty grams or more of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to distribute a mixture or substance containing fentanyl, and one count of carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
On March 19, 2025, Senior United States District Court Judge John T. Fowlkes sentenced Seymour to 144 months of incarceration with a four-year period of supervised release to follow. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by the Memphis Field Office of the ATF and the Shelby County Multi-Agency Gang Unit. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Nashville laboratory assisted in this investigation.
Key Facts
- State: Tennessee
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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