Willie Boone, Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, Florida 2022

A federal jury in West Palm Beach has convicted Willie Boone, 24, on multiple drug trafficking and firearms charges related to his participation in a conspiracy to sell a synthetic opioid commonly sold as fentanyl, cocaine, and Eutylone (a synthetic cathinone with effects akin to Methylenedioxymethamphetamine).

According to court documents, on or about March 3, 2022, the West Palm Beach Police Department executed a search warrant at a West Palm Beach residence. Boone was detained on scene. During the search, officers recovered multiple controlled substances, including N-Pyrrolidino Etonitazene, Eutylone, and cocaine. Other recovered evidence included two of Boone’s cellphones and two firearms, one of which was a Glock Model 17 pistol with a machinegun conversion device.

The jury convicted Boone of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances, possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, possession of a machinegun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and failing to register a machinegun. Boone is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 24, 2024. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 45 years in prison.

U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Christopher A. Robinson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division, and West Palm Beach Police Department Chief Frank Adderley announced the conviction.

ATF and the West Palm Beach Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shannon O’Shea Darsch and Alexandra Chase are prosecuting the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gabrielle Charest-Turken for the Southern District of Florida is handling asset forfeiture.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

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