A 20-year-old Orlando man who sold counterfeit fentanyl pills and a firearm to an undercover law enforcement agent will spend the next six years behind bars.
On Monday, November 18, Senior U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Sebastian Gabriel Lugo-Lugo to six years and one day in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
Lugo-Lugo had pleaded guilty to the charges in July 2024.
According to court records, Lugo-Lugo sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to an undercover agent multiple times between November 2023 and February 2024. During many of those transactions, while Lugo-Lugo was inside his vehicle, the agent observed a handgun next to him.
Some of the counterfeit pills sold by Lugo-Lugo were found to contain several other additives, including p-Flurofentanyl (a fentanyl analogue) and xylazine (a veterinary sedative).
In addition, on February 14, 2024, Lugo-Lugo sold the undercover agent a Ruger 9mm handgun and 50 fake fentanyl pills.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Seminole County Sheriff’s Office City-County Investigative Bureau, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan Testerman.
Additionally, this case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, which is a program that brings together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence.
Last week, an Orlando man who sold over 1,000 fentanyl pills to an undercover agent and confidential informant was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
A Kissimmee man who fled police in a stolen vehicle before eventually being caught with thousands of fentanyl pills was also sentenced to prison last week.
In September, a convicted felon from Kissimmee who sold fentanyl to an undercover agent in 2022 was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison.
Nearly a dozen members of an Orange County gang were indicted in August on more than 30 charges after they allegedly sold fake prescription pills containing fentanyl that were linked to several deaths.