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Suffolk heroin dealer sentenced to 25 years in prison

Police found guns and distribution-quantity amounts of fentanyl inside Brian Williams' home.
Credit: Zolnierek

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Suffolk man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday on drug an gun-related charges.

According to court documents, 38-year-old Brian Williams had been selling heroin in Suffolk. When police executed a search warrant at his home back in December 2018, they found several loaded guns, a distribution-quantity of fentanyl, drug paraphernalia, and about $1,500 in cash. 

Williams was already a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms. However, there were numerous guns within arms reach at the home.

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