(Michigan City, IN) - It wasn't candy a Michigan City man was making and selling like jelly beans.

 

It was fentanyl Tyler Wood allegedly pressed into pills and sold in what could be described as family sized bags. 

 

Tyler Wood, 22, is charged in La Porte Superior Court 1 with dealing in a narcotic drug and unlawful possession of a firearm.

 

According to court documents, he’s accused of selling 350 fentanyl pills for $1,200 on May 15 in the 200 block of Hobart St.

 

After the exchange, police said he went back into his home and came out with another 70 or 80 fentanyl pills for the buyer at no extra charge.

 

All of the pills weighed just over 42 grams, police said.

 

During the alleged buy, Wood also had a pistol tucked into his waistband and evidence of fentanyl in powder form on his hands from pressing the drug into pills, according to court documents.

 

Authorities said it was illegal for Wood to have a gun due to a prior conviction of carrying a concealed weapon in Berrien County, Michigan.

 

Wood could face anywhere from a 10 to 30 year sentence on the Level 2 felony drug dealing charge.  The firearms charge has a potential sentencing range of one to six years.