Minneapolis man pleads guilty to federal fentanyl possession charge
MINNEAPOLIS — State charges against a man caught with more than 1,700 fentanyl pills in Minneapolis have been dropped after he pleaded guilty to a federal charge.
Bernard Mack pleaded guilty last month to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to court records. Subsequently, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office dismissed a first-degree aggravated controlled substance offense against him.
Mack was one of four people who fled a traffic stop on Dec. 23, 2023, near Elliot Park. Police recovered 1,788 pills during the arrest that later tested positive for fentanyl.
"This quantity of fentanyl is extraordinary for a street-level drug arrest and could have harmed or killed countless people," Minneapolis Park Police Chief Jason Ohotto said at the time.
Mack has been sentenced to 70 months in prison.