(Lake County, FL) On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, Lake County jurors delivered a critical verdict, finding 50-year-old Rodney Dewayne Goodman guilty of the Sale of Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a Convenience Business and Possession with the Intent to Sell/Deliver Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a Convenience Business. As a result of this guilty verdict on felony charges, Goodman is facing 60 Years in the Florida Department of Corrections.
“I commend Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell and all the remarkable law enforcement personnel involved in this operation,” said Bill Gladson, Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney. “As the Sheriff stated, operations like this save lives – and in this particular case, possibly upwards of two thousand lives.”
Back in June of 2023, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s (LCSO) Special Investigations Bureau, in conjunction with the City County Investigation Bureau, concluded their six-month-long investigation called ‘Operation Poison Control,’ which targeted mid-to-high level drug traffickers distributing Fentanyl.
As the operation developed, undercover detectives were able to successfully purchase trafficking amounts of Fentanyl from multiple drug traffickers, including Goodman, who was arrested on September 7, 2023, as a result of this investigation.
It was determined through LCSO’s operation that Goodman had sold approximately 4 grams of Fentanyl, an equivalent 30-50 times more powerful than heroin, whereas one gram alone can result in the deaths of between 300-500 people according to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
Goodman has been remanded in custody in the Lake County Jail where he will remain until his sentencing hearing in the near future.
This case was successfully prosecuted by Assistant State Attorney Kristalle Smoller.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Operation Poison Control Video: https://youtu.be/uBcu4WAfZWM?si=P5Q5MJN2sNAI_-s-
Published on 04/18/2024.