Leigha Simonton, United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas | U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas
A fentanyl dealer has been sentenced to over four years in federal prison for distributing more than $64,000 worth of the drug. This was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Chad E. Meacham.
On May 15, 2025, Donald Derrell Slay, Jr., aged 31 from Richardson, Texas, received a sentence of 51 months in federal prison. United States District Judge Brantley Starr handed down the sentence for Slay's involvement in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, from late 2022 into early 2023, Slay and two accomplices, Hakeem Aziz Wiley and Richard Daniel Gomez, conducted multiple sales of fentanyl to undercover officers in the Dallas area. One notable transaction included the delivery of 6,000 fentanyl pills in exchange for $15,000.
Slay, Wiley, and Gomez all pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges following their indictment. Hakeem Aziz Wiley, aged 26 from Frisco, was sentenced by Judge Starr to 90 months in federal prison in January 2025. Richard Daniel Gomez, aged 24 from Carrollton, Texas, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison by Judge Starr in February this year.
Fentanyl pills typically have a street value of approximately $10 each. The estimated street value of the seized fentanyl pills involved in this case is about $64,690.
The investigation was carried out by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant United States Attorney George Leal prosecuted the case.
