Deaja Simone Clemons has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl. "Clemons sold thousands of fentanyl pills at a time that the illegal distribution and use of this drug was continuing to ravage communities within and outside our district," said Acting U.S. Attorney Richard S. Moultrie, Jr. "Our Office is grateful for the collaboration among our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners which makes it possible to combat the threat of drug traffickers like Clemons."
"Illicit drugs like fentanyl have destroyed countless lives," said Jae W. Chung, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Division. "Keeping our communities safe is our highest priority."
According to Acting U.S. Attorney Moultrie, in February 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Rome, Georgia, Field Office received information that Deaja Clemons was dealing fentanyl in the Rome area. An investigation revealed that Clemons sold 121 blue pills marked with M30 containing fentanyl during that month. She had sold 60 of those pills in Rome and 61 in Cedartown, Georgia.
In early April 2024, DEA special agents and Polk County police officers followed Clemons from Rome to Polk County. Officers stopped her en route back to Rome and recovered 124 blue counterfeit “M30” pills containing fentanyl and $3,922 in cash from her car. Clemons was arrested, and further investigation showed she had been selling about 300 fentanyl pills weekly for approximately three months.
United States District Judge William M. Ray II sentenced Deaja Simone Clemons, 29, of Rome, Ga., to 63 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release after she pleaded guilty on December 13, 2024.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (AC-HIDTA), and the Polk County Police Department. Assistant United States Attorneys Thomas M. Forsyth III and Calvin A. Leipold III prosecuted the case.
This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Strategic Initiative focused on combatting the fentanyl crisis in northwest Georgia.
Anyone with information about drug sales or trafficking can report it to GBI at 1-800-597-TIPS (8477) or DEA’s Atlanta Division Office at (404) 893-7000.
The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia encourages learning about drug dangers at websites such as www.justthinktwice.gov and www.GetSmartAboutDrugs.com.
For more information contact U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov or (404) 581-6280.