2 Former Navy Sailors Plead Guilty to Selling Fentanyl Pills on USS Abraham Lincoln
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 16
2 Former Navy Sailors Plead Guilty to Selling Fentanyl Pills on USS Abraham Lincoln
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 16
Summary
Two former sailors pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in San Diego to selling counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to active-duty crew members assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln, including during deployments.
Bailey A. Szramowski, 29, admitted supplying 10 pills in December 2022 to a sailor identified as A.N., who died the next month of acute fentanyl intoxication while on leave in San Leandro, California.
Court records say police found evidence of drug use at the scene, and toxicology tests showed fentanyl and THC in A.N.’s blood, while an autopsy ruled the death an overdose.
Ten days after that sale, Szramowski sold three more pills to another sailor, identified as C.L.; prosecutors also said another service member was hospitalized after receiving pills from the pair.
Johnnese H. Poomaihealani and Szramowski, a married couple who live in Hawaii, entered the pleas as the Justice Department pursues fentanyl trafficking cases tied to U.S. military personnel.