Thomas Lee Smith Jr., Fentanyl Conspiracy, Virginia 2024

A Stafford man, Thomas Lee Smith Jr., 35, has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

According to court documents, from February 2023 through January 2024, Smith obtained thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills, which were imprinted with ‘M30’ but contained fentanyl, and provided them to redistributors, including co-defendant Shane Darontae Anderson, 37.

Anderson sold or agreed to sell over 17,500 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl to a cooperating source (CS). The total weight of these pills was approximately 1,500 net grams.

On January 24, Smith and Anderson planned to sell 4,500 counterfeit pills to the CS for $8,000. When Smith and Anderson arrived at the meeting location in Stafford, law enforcement arrested them after they attempted to flee.

Law enforcement searched Smith’s vehicle and located the trap compartment, which contained 4,999 counterfeit pills, as well as a loaded handgun.

Shane Darontae Anderson, Smith’s co-conspirator, pled guilty on May 8 to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. On September 5, he was sentenced to 10 years and five months in prison.

The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jessica D. Aber and Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge for the DEA’s Washington Division.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kristin S. Starr and Catherine Rosenberg prosecuted the case.

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