
Investigators determined that Raoul Normandia had supplied the pills to Friedrich. Friedrich pleaded guilty in May 2021, and today he was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release. A search of Friedrich’s apartment revealed cocaine, a handgun, and a bag of approximately 100 counterfeit pills. He was arrested April 21, 2020, at his Des Moines, Washington, apartment. The investigation into the source of the pills revealed Chase Friedrich, 29, had supplied the pills to Armenta. Armenta was sentenced to 4 years in prison last month. Armenta had distributed the pills to three other sailors as well: Two became ill and one was revived by Narcan. The Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) were able to identify former Navy sailor Ivan Armenta, 21, as the sailor who provided the pills to the sailor who died. In his pocket were two counterfeit pills that were laced with fentanyl. The investigation in this case began April 18, 2020, when a Navy sailor was found dead in his workspace aboard a Navy ship. They are made to look like oxycodone but are far more powerful and deadly.” Attorney Nick Brown. “Fatal fentanyl overdoses are up 82% in the first six months of 2021 as compared to 2020. We must do all we can to stop the distribution of these pills. “Fentanyl-tainted pills are flooding Western Washington and resulting in record high overdose rates and deaths,” said U.S. It was a pattern of criminal activity that he chose to do.”


He was making a large amount of money selling drugs….

Lasnik said Normandia, “was a drug dealer…. Normandia, Jr., 30, was arrested April 24, 2020, near his Federal Way, Washington, residence. District Court in Seattle to 66 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Seattle – A prolific drug trafficker, who sold deadly fentanyl-tainted pills, was sentenced this week in U.S.
