A Brooklyn woman has pleaded guilty to trafficking firearms and conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base in Brooklyn, New York.
Ariana Charles, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty to the charges in federal court in Brooklyn on January 10, 2024.
According to the indictment, Charles personally sold 18 firearms to an undercover law enforcement officer in residential areas of Brooklyn in broad daylight. The firearms were purchased in Virginia and Georgia and then transported to New York.
Charles also sold drugs to the undercover officer, including crack cocaine and fentanyl. Some of the fentanyl she sold had been disguised as Oxycodone pills.
The defendant faces a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment for the controlled substance distribution conspiracy and 15 years’ imprisonment for firearms trafficking.
The case is being handled by the Office’s Organized Crime and Gangs Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Adam Amir, Irisa Chen, and James R. Simmons are in charge of the prosecution.
Ariana Charles
Age: 28
Brooklyn, New York
E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 24-CR-8 (WFK)
Related Federal Cases
- Ariana Charles, Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking, New York 2024 · New York
- Jessica Nicole Kent, Meth Trafficking, Virginia 2021 · Idaho
- Hugo Hernandez-Velazquez, Sex Trafficking, New York 2024 · Connecticut
- Eric Tollefson, Felon in Possession of Firearms, New York 2018 · New York
- Rose Smith, Fentanyl Trafficking, New York 2017 · Georgia
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
ðŸâ€Â’ Get the grimiest stories delivered weekly. Subscribe free →
MORE FEDERAL CRIME NEWS
Drug Trafficking|Violent CrimeDrug Trafficking|Violent CrimeDrug Trafficking|Violent CrimeDrug Trafficking|Violent Crime