Drug trafficker, Barry Eshard White, arrested by NETFORCE during Operation Block Party in 2020, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trafficking Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine, in Southwest Florida. He was also ordered to pay more than two million dollars in fines and costs, as part of his sentence.
The prison sentence will be followed by 12 years of probation. He was ordered to pay $700,000 in fines for the drug trafficking charges, $988,247.40 for the cost of investigation to the Fort Myers Police Department, and $800,000 for the cost of investigation to Homeland Security. He was ordered to pay $100 to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, $100 for prosecution costs, and $413 in court costs. His driver’s license will also be suspended for 6 months.
The defendant was adjudicated guilty of:
• Conspiracy to Traffic in Fentanyl, 14 grams or More but Less than 28 grams
• Trafficking in Cocaine, 28 Grams or More
• Trafficking in Methamphetamine, 28 Grams or More
• Conspiracy to Traffic in Fentanyl, 14 grams or More but Less than 28 grams
• Conspiracy to Traffic in Methamphetamine, 28 Grams or More
• Conspiracy to Traffic in Fentanyl, 14 grams or More but Less than 28 grams
• Trafficking in Cocaine, 28 Grams or More
• Conspiracy to Traffic in Fentanyl, 14 grams or More but Less than 28 grams
Members of NETFORCE conducted electronic and physical surveillance, during which, the defendant was involved in multiple transactions of trafficking amounts of illegal drugs. Assistant State Attorney John Dommerich Jr., Chief of Special Prosecutions, and Assistant State Attorney Natalie Savino prosecuted the case.
NETFORCE was formed by State Attorney Amira Fox in conjunction with law enforcement agency partners, to coordinate a circuit-wide approach to infiltrating and dismantling drug trafficking organizations, organized crime, racketeering, and money-laundering enterprises in Southwest Florida.
Samantha Syoen – Communications Director, State Attorney’s Office