Per the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland: U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Enitan Mouroukeji Agbi, a/k/a “Anton Agbi” and “Tone,” age 38, of Germantown, Maryland to 114 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. A victim died from using drugs that Agbi distributed. Judge Grimm also ordered Agbi to pay restitution of at least $1,125.
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Jarod Forget of the Drug Enforcement Administration – Washington Division; Chief Marcus Jones of the Montgomery County Police Department; Chief Malik Aziz of the Prince George’s County Police Department; Chief Darryl McSwain of the Maryland National Capital Park Police; Chief Robert J. Contee III of the Metropolitan Police Department; and Chief Victor Brito of the City of Rockville Police Department.
According to his guilty plea, on August 10, 2020, Victim 1 contacted Agbi by telephone to obtain heroin/fentanyl and agreed to meet Agbi at Hotel A in Gaithersburg, where Agbi was staying. Upon arriving at the hotel, Victim 1 texted Agbi and Agbi went out to Victim 1’s car to complete the transaction. A short time later, Victim 1 left the area and went straight home, without making any other stops.
At about 10:00 p.m. on August 10, 2020, Victim 1 was found dead in her bedroom. Law enforcement officers located a clear plastic baggie containing .42 grams of fentanyl mixed with heroin and a straw next to Victim 1’s body. No one else was in Victim 1’s residence at the time of Victim 1’s death and Victim 1 lived alone. An autopsy determined that Victim 1’s cause of death was acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, despropionyl fentanyl, and morphine. Victim 1 was an otherwise healthy individual.
After August 25, 2020, Agbi relocated to Hotel B in Germantown, Maryland. On August 28, 2020, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Agbi’s hotel room and recovered approximately 10 clear plastic capsules containing a total of approximately 2.76 grams of fentanyl mixed with heroin, knotted bags containing a total of approximately 2.6 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl, and drug distribution paraphernalia, including a digital scale and sandwich bags used to package controlled substances, which were consistent with the clear plastic baggie found with Victim 1 on August 10, 2020. After Agbi was arrested he admitted that he was a user and distributor of opioid drugs and that he provided Victim 1 with opioid drugs on August 10, 2020.