Lynchburg Man to Serve More Than 17 Years for Selling Fentanyl and Methamphetamine While Possessing an Illegal Firearm

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

LYNCHBURG, Va. – A Lynchburg man, who was in possession of more than 60 pressed fentanyl pills and over 850 grams of methamphetamine, as well as a 9 mm pistol when police pulled him over in June 2024, was sentenced this week to 210 months in federal prison.Cordero Antonio Trent, 36, pled guilty in May 2026 to one count of possessing with the intent to distribute and distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and using and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.