Marion man pleads guilty in bogus painkiller case that FBI has linked to overdose deaths
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One of three suspects indicted in October has pleaded guilty for his part in an illegal drug operation that the FBI said contributed to fatal and non-fatal overdoses in Smyth County, Virginia.
Kobe Malik Woods, 19, admitted to receiving large shipments of fake painkillers laced with Fentanyl beginning in early 2021 from a supplier he found on Snapchat who lived in California.
Woods will be sentenced on April 19th and faces a maximum sentence of up to 40 years in prison.
(IMAGE: SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL ABINGDON)