Washington man accused of having enough fentanyl to kill 278,000 people after getting clemency from Dem gov

A Washington antheral arrested connected astir a twelve cause and weapons charges connected Thursday had been granted clemency by erstwhile Gov. Jay Inslee successful 2019.

The apprehension of Percy Levy, 54, was archetypal reported successful the Lynwood Times, a Snohomish County newspaper.

The Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force made the apprehension aft a 16-month investigation. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said the fishy was apprehended during a postulation halt successful Everett.

A warrant was aboriginal served connected the suspect’s home, wherever authorities said detectives recovered 2,818 grams of pulverization cocaine, 14.7 grams of stone cocaine and 556 grams of fentanyl. That is capable fentanyl to termination astir 278,000, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, which says conscionable 2 milligrams of the substance could beryllium deadly.

Detectives besides recovered packaging material, a integer standard and a handgun wrong the home.

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Former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee granted clemency to Levy, and others, successful 2019 portion inactive successful office. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

The fishy was arrested for unlawful possession of firearm, possession of stolen firearm and aggregate counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

Levy was charged with 11 Class B Felony charges, according to online inmate records of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Bureau. He is being held connected a $1.5 cardinal bond.

The sheriff's bureau said cocaine was recovered from the suspect's location aft a 16-month investigation. (Marcus Brandt/picture confederation via Getty Images, File)

Inslee granted Levy clemency successful 2019, according to a papers from the authorities Clemency and Pardons Board.

Levy has a transgression past dating backmost to erstwhile helium was 13 years old, according to the Lynwood Times. He spent 17 years successful situation aft a 2002 apprehension for a cause location robbery.

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Inslee’s determination regarding Levy successful 2019 came aft the 2021 of State v. Blake ruling that reclassified possession of controlled substances arsenic a misdemeanor, the insubstantial reported.

In the six years pursuing his clemency, Levy dedicated himself to transgression justness reform, according to the newspaper.

He worked arsenic a assemblage outreach specializer for the Washington Defender Association and founded Redemption Auto, a car dealership successful Everett. Levy is besides treasurer connected the Board of the Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County chapter.

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The sheriff’s bureau said the substance remains nether investigation.