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DALLAS, Texas<\/strong> – Two North Texas men have been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to their roles in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.<\/p>\n The conspiracy allegedly distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills across North Texas, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Dallas and Plano men sentenced in federal fentanyl scheme <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n 28-year-old Heath Darrian Denson, of Dallas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.\u00a0<\/p>\n 38-year-old Tyson Lamar Johnson, of Plano, also known as “TY” or “TeeWhy,” pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<\/p>\n A U.S. District Judge sentenced both individuals to 135 months in federal prison on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas.<\/p>\n FBI and police bust Dallas ‘trap house’ FILE-A member of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) poses for an illustrative photo during a press conference. (Sebastian Barros\/NurPhoto via Getty Images) <\/p>\n Local perspective:<\/p>\n According to court records, Denson and Johnson were part of a drug trafficking conspiracy responsible for distributing thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including portions of the Eastern District of Texas.<\/p>\n Prosecutors said Johnson also operated a “trap house” or drug distribution house, on McCallum Avenue in Dallas. During a search of the residence, investigators found a firearm that authorities said was used to further the drug trafficking operation.<\/p>\n The case was investigated by the Plano Police Department, the FBI and the Texas Department of Public Safety as part of the Texoma High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area initiative.<\/p>\n Law enforcement officials respond <\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “The scourge of fentanyl has caused devastation and destruction across all of our communities,” Texoma High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Director Keith Brown said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Trap houses filled with drugs and guns aren’t just figments of Hollywood’s imagination. They are real, tangible, and active in all of our neighborhoods.”<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information in this article was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Dallas<\/a>Plano<\/a>Texas<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article DALLAS, Texas – Two North Texas men have been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":965519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,7583,6082,1596,7290,50,10548,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-965518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-collin-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-county","tag-news","tag-plano","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117000084688838245","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"FBI-officers.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FBI-officers.jpg\")
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