SPOKANE, Wash. — A United States District Judge sentenced a Spokane man to 20 years in prison for running a commercial fentanyl pill press operation out of a home in Hillyard.

According to court documents and information discussed during the sentencing hearing, 44-year-old Timothy Maddox and his co-defendant Nicholas Adams set up a ‘pill mill’ in the basement of Adams’ residence, mixing powder fentanyl and cutting agents to make their own fentanyl pills for bulk distribution into the community.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington says search warrants were executed at multiple locations in November 2023 and yielded a massive amount of fentanyl powder, cutting agents, pill press parts, and multiple firearms.

Due to the extremely hazardous conditions and contamination

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