CAMDEN, NJ — A Philadelphia man admitted trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Glenn Long, 28, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty on Monday, April 17, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman in Camden federal court to one count of a superseding indictment charging him with conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Long conspired with other individuals who acted as “runners” or “couriers” for a drug-trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl. Drug customers would call Long to place orders for drugs, and the runners would deliver the drugs. Long admitted that on a date on which law enforcement agents executed search and arrest warrants in connection with the investigation into his conduct, Long’s conspirators possessed more than 2,700 grams of methamphetamine and 400 grams of fentanyl for the conspiracy. Long participated in this conspiracy while he was a fugitive on a federal drug trafficking indictment in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to which he has since pleaded guilty.
Thirteen other defendants have previously pleaded guilty as a result of the investigation.
Long faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison and a $10 million fine. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 22, 2023.
U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Newark Division, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Daniel J. Kafafian, with the investigation leading to today’s guilty plea. He also thanked the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Drug Enforcement Administration, Philadelphia Division; U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations; U.S. Marshals Service; FBI; Bensalem Police Department; Berlin Borough Police Department; Berlin Township Police Department; Bucks County District Attorney’s Office; Camden County Prosecutor’s Office; Clayton Police Department; Delaware County District Attorney’s Office Narcotics Task Force; Deptford Township Police Department; Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office; Gloucester Township Police Department; New Jersey State Police; New Jersey National Guard Counter Drug Task Force; Pennsylvania State Police; Pennsville Police Department; and Winslow Township Police Department for their assistance.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Bender of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Camden.
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