On September 2, 2026, Robert Lamons II of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced to 360 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.
News release from the United States Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Indiana:
Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 360 Months in Prison
For Fentanyl Trafficking as Part of a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) InvestigationFort Wayne, Indiana (September 10, 2026) – On September 2, 2026, Robert Lamons II, 33 years old, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred.
Lamons was sentenced to 360 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release.
“The Defendant will spend the next three decades behind bars for running a large, illicit distribution network of poisonous fentanyl throughout Northern Indiana for several years, recruiting others and using a minor for transportation and delivery. He coordinated the shipment of massive quantities of fentanyl pills from Arizona to Indiana. Lamons recruited others to help him transport these drug shipments on commercial airline flights, including a minor under the age of 18. After the shipments arrived, he used others to distribute his pills in northeastern Indiana. His reckless disregard for his fellow Hoosiers by profiting from unleashing this poison was despicable. Thanks to the partnership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Fort Wayne Safe Streets Gang Task Force, which includes the FBI, Indiana State Police, Allen County Sheriff’s Department, and Fort Wayne Police Department; the Drug Enforcement Administration’s North Central Laboratory; the Phoenix (Arizona) Police Department; the Glendale (Arizona) Police Department; the Allen County (Indiana) Prosecuting Attorney’s Office led by Michael McAlexander and NDIN AUSA’s Anthony W. Geller and Lesley J. Miller Lowery, the Defendant has been taken out of circulation and the community is safer,” said U.S. Attorney Adam L. Mildred.
“Thirty years in federal prison is a significant sentence, and it reflects the seriousness of what Robert Lamons did. He made the choice to put fentanyl on the streets in Indiana and people pay the price for that choice. Our message is simple: If you bring this poison into our communities, we will find you, and we will hold you accountable,” said FBI Indianapolis Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. O’Malley.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Fort Wayne Safe Streets Gang Task Force, which includes the FBI, Indiana State Police, Allen County Sheriff’s Department, and Fort Wayne Police Department. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s North Central Laboratory, the Phoenix (Arizona) Police Department, the Glendale (Arizona) Police Department, and the Allen County (Indiana) Prosecuting Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Anthony W. Geller and Lesley J. Miller Lowery.
This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Crossroads comprises agents and officers from HSI, FBI, USAINN, USAINS, DEA, ATF, IRS, USPIS, USMS, and ISP with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana.
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