Djavon Holland, Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, New Jersey 2021

Djavon Holland, 37, Sentenced to Life in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking in New Jersey

A federal jury convicted Djavon Holland of two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl on April 15, 2024, following a trial before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal court.

Holland, a 37-year-old Virginia man, was accused of selling fentanyl to a confidential source working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on several occasions in August 2021.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, law enforcement officials received information that Holland was engaged in narcotics trafficking in or around the Virginia area and New Jersey in August 2021.

On Aug. 12, 2021, a confidential source working with the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office contacted Holland to arrange a meeting with the ATF’s confidential source. Holland drove to New Jersey and sold fentanyl to the ATF source on several occasions.

The narcotics offenses each carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum potential penalty of 40 years in prison, and a fine of $5 million. Sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.

U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger credited special agents of the ATF, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Rossin Marchetti, and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, with the investigation leading to the conviction.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Megan N. Linares and Jenny Chung of the Office’s Criminal Division in Newark.

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