Large-Scale Philadelphia Drug Dealer Sentenced To Federal Prison

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 5:30 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Today, November 12, 2024, Euddy Izquierdo, 42, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, appeared in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Juan R. Sanchez to 240 months in federal prison, to be followed by ten years of supervised release for the Possession with Intent to Distribute Multiple Illicit Narcotics throughout the Kensington Section of the City of Philadelphia.

     According to U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero and documents filed with the district court. On January 10, 2022, Izquierdo was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration after agents executed a court-authorized search warrant and seized a large cache of illicit narcotics from a residence located on the 2000 Block of Sanger Street in Philadelphia.

     During the arrest, Izquierdo admitted to federal agents that he rented the residence to store and package the drugs that he sold in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. 

Federal Agents Find Multiple Illicit Drugs

     Inside the basement apartment, agents uncovered and seized 237.8 grams of para-flourofentanyl, 93.1 grams of fentanyl, 132.1 grams of heroin, 29.7 grams of crack cocaine, 153.8 grams of cocaine, and 26 grams of Xylazine, also known as “Tranq.” Agents also recovered a loaded 9mm pistol on a table in the apartment.

     At the time of his arrest, Izquierdo was on federal supervised release for a 2015 drug trafficking conviction. Due to his prior conviction, Izquierdo knew he was prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal law.

Jury Finds Izquierdo Guilty

     On June 18, 2024, following a two-day trial, a federal jury for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found Izquierdo guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute 100 Grams or More of Para-Fluorofentanyl; 40 Grams or More of Fentanyl; 100 Grams or More of Heroin; 28 Grams or More of Crack Cocaine; and Cocaine; Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises; Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person; and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.

     “Euddy Izquierdo was a one-stop shop for narcotics,” said U.S. Attorney Romero. “Heroin, crack, fentanyl, powder cocaine–he pushed all of it into Kensington, profiting from other people’s pain and addiction. Getting illegal drugs off the street and illegal guns out of criminals’ hands makes our city immeasurably safer. My office and the DEA will continue to put these traffickers out of business and behind bars.”