Evergreen Reporter

A Brooklyn Park resident has admitted to fentanyl trafficking leading to a fatality, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick.

Court documents reveal that on July 26, 2023, Allen Lee Goodwin, aged 50, sold a mixture of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl to a 38-year-old man residing on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation. The following morning, the victim injected the substance and succumbed shortly after. Goodwin acknowledged in his plea agreement that he knowingly transferred the lethal mixture to the victim and conceded that the man's death was directly linked to the use of the fentanyl substance he provided.

"Deadly fentanyl is flooding our state and our country—resulting in the tragic loss of so many of our citizens," stated Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick. "Overdose rates are highest on our Indian reservations. This is unacceptable. My heart breaks for the Minnesota parents who have lost their children, struggling with drug addiction, to the greed and callousness of drug dealers. My office will prosecute these purveyors of poison to the fullest extent of the law."

Goodwin entered a guilty plea for one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death in U.S. District Court before Judge Donovan W. Frank. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for a future date.

The case stems from an investigation by both the FBI and Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Campbell Warner is handling prosecution duties.