Ex-Sailors Plead Guilty To Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Navy Crew
Two former sailors pleaded guilty on Monday, September 14, 2026, in federal court in San Diego to selling fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone to active-duty crew aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.[1]
The defendants are Bailey A. Szramowski and Johnnese H. Poomaihealani.[1] Prosecutors say Szramowski provided 10 such pills in December 2022 to a sailor identified as A.N.; A.N. died in January 2023 on leave in San Leandro from acute fentanyl intoxication.[1]
Ten days after the first sale, Szramowski sold three more counterfeit pills to another sailor, C.L., who was hospitalized, according to court records.[1] The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln is an aircraft carrier based in San Diego and was listed as the home ship for at least one of the victims in filings.[1]
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- On Monday, September 14, 2026, Bailey A. Szramowski and Johnnese H. Poomaihealani pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to selling fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone to active-duty sailors.
- Szramowski provided 10 such pills in December 2022 to sailor A.N., assigned to the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln; A.N. died in January 2023 on leave in San Leandro, California, from acute fentanyl intoxication.
- Ten days after the first sale, Szramowski sold three more pills to another sailor, C.L., who was hospitalized, according to court records.
- The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier based in San Diego, is the home ship for at least one of the victims identified in court filings.
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