Elderly Texas woman learns fate for distributing 150K doses of fentanyl through the mail

An aged Texas pistillate with a nursing grade was sentenced successful national tribunal past Tuesday for her relation successful distributing 150,000 lethal doses of fentanyl aft being caught by an undercover agent, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Rhode Island announced Monday. 

Patrica Parker, 74, received the ruling past Tuesday aft reportedly insisting that she did not cognize her parcels contained fentanyl. Investigators, however, argued that the lawsuit "presented dangers that an educated, big pistillate indispensable person recognized," according to a sentencing memorandum. 

Prosecutors said Parker pleaded guilty to conspiring to administer fentanyl and distributing much than 310 grams of the drug. She was sentenced to 2 years’ probation, including 9 months of location confinement, according to the office. 

Officials said Parker, who present resides successful Massachusetts, was attempting to administer counterfeit amphetamine pills laced with fentanyl to an undercover Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Special Agent successful 2022.

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Several packages containing drugs, perchance laced with fentanyl, displayed connected a bed.  (U.S. District Court of Rhode Island)

Following the undercover operation, agents discovered that Parker was successful possession of much than 18,000 pills—including Adderall, oxycodone and diazepam—and had distributed implicit a 1000 parcels suspected to incorporate amerciable drugs, according to the authorities. 

Parker's lawyer reported that aft COVID-19 devastated her vocation and near her incapable to spend her medications, a supplier she regularly utilized offered to supply the drugs if she agreed to message pills to others, section outlet Boston.com said. 

According to an affidavit, Parker would person ample shipments of illicit products from overseas, interruption them into smaller packages and message them out, the outlet added. Her lawyer reportedly described the cognition arsenic a "side hustle" she took connected during her fiscal struggles.

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Bags containing thousands of pink-colored pills. (U.S. District Court of Rhode Island)

Prosecutors argued that Parker’s concealed cognition efficaciously turned her surviving country into a makeshift pharmacy, creating risks that immoderate educated big should person recognized, according to the sentencing memorandum.

Parker has maintained that she was unaware immoderate of the pills she was packaging contained fentanyl.

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Signage is seen extracurricular of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) office successful White Oak, Maryland, connected Aug. 29, 2020. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File photo)

"This incidental is wholly retired of quality with the beingness I person lived and values I person ever tried to uphold," Parker said successful a missive to the judge, according to Boston.com.

"I would NEVER person knowingly taken portion successful thing related to specified a unsafe drug," she added. "I should person inquired what it was, truthful that was my ain doing. I spot that successful retrospect, but that information haunts maine to this day."

Fox News Digital reached retired to the District of Rhode Island and the FDA for much information.