A Pearl man convicted of selling fentanyl in Madison County has been sentenced to 32 years in prison.Mitchell Pendelton, 42, pleaded guilty to the sale of fentanyl and conspiracy to sell fentanyl, according to Bubba Bramlett, district attorney for Madison and Rankin counties. Pendelton was arrested in 2022 by narcotic investigators with the Madison Police Department, who used a confidential informant to buy oxycodone pills from Pendelton. “The CI was given $700 in official law enforcement funds, and using CashApp, sent Pendelton those funds in exchange for him bringing her the pills,” according to a Tuesday release from Bramlett. “He sent his girlfriend into the city of Madison to meet the CI and the pills were exchanged.”The State Crime Lab tested the pills and confirmed it was 50 fentanyl pills. “Oxycodone is one of the most common prescription narcotics to be purchased from illegal sources,” Bramlett’s office said in the release. “Many times these pills are actually counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, even though they look identical to legitimate oxycodone pills. Just one dose of fentanyl can be fatal.”Bramlett said law enforcement has prioritized tracking down fentanyl dealers, and his office will send them to prison.
A Pearl man convicted of selling fentanyl in Madison County has been sentenced to 32 years in prison.
Mitchell Pendelton, 42, pleaded guilty to the sale of fentanyl and conspiracy to sell fentanyl, according to Bubba Bramlett, district attorney for Madison and Rankin counties.
Pendelton was arrested in 2022 by narcotic investigators with the Madison Police Department, who used a confidential informant to buy oxycodone pills from Pendelton.
“The CI was given $700 in official law enforcement funds, and using CashApp, sent Pendelton those funds in exchange for him bringing her the pills,” according to a Tuesday release from Bramlett. “He sent his girlfriend into the city of Madison to meet the CI and the pills were exchanged.”
The State Crime Lab tested the pills and confirmed it was 50 fentanyl pills.
“Oxycodone is one of the most common prescription narcotics to be purchased from illegal sources,” Bramlett’s office said in the release. “Many times these pills are actually counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, even though they look identical to legitimate oxycodone pills. Just one dose of fentanyl can be fatal.”
Bramlett said law enforcement has prioritized tracking down fentanyl dealers, and his office will send them to prison.
