New Jersey man sentenced to 11 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) Mark T. Eager, 34, of New Jersey, was sentenced last Friday in Portland, Ore., to 135 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl. He also received five years of supervised release.
The sentencing followed a multi-agency investigation into Eager's drug trafficking activities, which occurred from November 2023 through June 2024. Eager sold fentanyl on the Dark Net and Telegram, operating under the vendor name WRSEH10 and marketing the substance as “China White Synthetic Heroin.”
U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford for the District of Oregon said Eager “showed a blatant disregard for human life by trafficking fentanyl across the United States.” Bradford stated his office “will continue to pursue those who profit from poisoning our communities and we will use every available resource and partnership to combat fentanyl trafficking and keep Oregonians safe.”
The investigation brought together law enforcement agencies from across the nation. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents from Portland, Newark and Houston contributed to the case, along with officers from the Portland Police Bureau and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Interdiction Task Force. These agencies were instrumental in identifying Eager.
HSI Seattle Acting Special Agent in Charge April Miller said Eager's 11-year sentence “sends a clear message: no matter where you are in the country or the world, if you attempt to sell narcotics online to Americans, we will find you.” HSI Houston Special Agent in Charge Lucia Cabral-DeArmas added that fentanyl trafficking poses a “grave threat to communities across the United States.” Cabral-DeArmas stated, “Homeland Security Investigations is committed to working with our partners to disrupt and dismantle the criminal networks responsible.” She described the case as demonstrating “the power of interagency collaboration under the Homeland Security Task Force initiative.”
HSI Newark Acting Special Agent in Charge Spiros Karabinas said that by following Eager's “digital trail,” law enforcement executed federal search warrants and “dismantled an active dark web fentanyl packaging operation.” Karabinas noted that they “recovered deadly amounts of fentanyl, thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency and a trove of electronic devices and packaging materials.”
In June 2024, HSI agents executed search warrants at two residences associated with Eager in Kearny, N.J. The searches resulted in the seizure of more than 360 grams of powdered fentanyl, counterfeit M30 pills, drug ledgers, cellular phones and two computers. Drug packaging consistent with three deliveries sent to Oregon was also recovered. A federal grand jury in Portland returned a four-count indictment against Eager on Sept. 4, 2024, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl. Eager pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl on Feb. 4, 2026.
HSI Portland and HSI Houston investigated the case. HSI Newark, the Portland Police Bureau and the HIDTA Interdiction Task Force assisted with the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Kerin prosecuted the case and the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey assisted with obtaining the search warrants executed in Kearny. The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program is a counterdrug grant program sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which coordinates with and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug enforcement initiatives.
Eager's sentence includes 135 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
