Concord man gets six years for trafficking fentanyl, meth

CONCORD - A Concord man was sentenced Monday in federal court for possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances, the U.S. Attorneys Office announced.

Ethan Lea, 33, was sentenced to 72 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty on April 14, 2022, to two counts of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl.

After a motor vehicle stop on June 13, 2021, law enforcement seized around 245 grams of methamphetamine and 71 grams of fentanyl from Lea's car. Then on July 30, 2021, Lea was caught again with large quantities of drugs and evidence of drug dealing in his car, including 448 grams of methamphetamine, digital scales, and over $2,000 in cash. He later admitted to law enforcement that the drugs recovered from the car stops belonged to him, and that he intended to distribute them.