(South Bend, IN) - A Michigan City woman will be spending time in a federal prison for being involved in the sale of fentanyl.

 

Carissa McCoy, 42, was sentenced at US District Court in South Bend to 63 months in prison, following her pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

 

After her release from prison, McCoy will spend 5 years on supervised release.

 

According to documents in the case, McCoy, for a few months in 2021, conspired with others to distribute fentanyl in the Michigan City area. The home she shared with one of her co-defendants was found to contain an undisclosed amount of cash, firearms, and ammunition related to their alleged criminal activities.

 

In August of 2021, McCoy and one of her co-defendants were stopped by law enforcement while traveling back to Michigan City. At that time, McCoy had over a kilogram of fentanyl pills on her possession. 

 

The case was investigated by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and other agencies such as the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the LaPorte County Drug Task Force and the Michigan City Police Department.