CINCINNATI —

A Cincinnati man accused of dealing multiple drugs, including fentanyl, has been sentenced to almost 20 years in prison.

According to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Robert Lee Howard, 34, of Cincinnati, was a multi-kilogram dealer of fentanyl, but he also sold cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. Advertisement

Investigators said agents recorded Howard in June 2024, in which he said he was waiting on 23 pounds of methamphetamine to come in the mail.

Federal investigators said one of those packages was intercepted in the mail and agents discovered it contained 96 percent pure crystal meth.

Howard was arrested at a home in Price Hill, where agents allegedly discovered more than nine grams of fentanyl, cocaine, a pill press and other supplies to make

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