Beltsville Man Pleads Guilty To Selling 4K Fentanyl Pills: Prince George's Prosecutor

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A 22-year-old Beltsville man has pleaded guilty to playing a role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.

According to the government’s evidence, between February and August 2023, Edward Steven Monge sold more than 4,500 pills containing fentanyl to Jennifer Echeverria Flores, 26, of Silver Spring. Flores then sold the pills to a DEA undercover agent on five separate occasions between Feb. 17 and July 19, 2023, in the District, Maryland and the District of Columbia. The pills were designed to look like authentic oxycodone “M30” pills, but instead contain fentanyl, according to the prosecution.

Flores was arrested July 31, 2023. On Aug. 3, 2023, law enforcement arrested Monge and found him carrying around 1,102 pills, which field tested positive for the presence of fentanyl. Monge pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. He will be sentenced May 29. Monge faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, but the plea agreement calls for a sentence of 87 to 108 months, according to court documents.

As part of his plea agreement, Monge also admitted that he possessed a firearm in connection with his unlawful distribution of fentanyl, the prosecution noted.