Harrisburg Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison for Drugs and Firearms Trafficking

The U.S. Department of Justice reports in its press release (quotation, not an independent finding): “HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rodney McMillian, age 44, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 1, 2026, to 188 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Keli M. Neary for distribution of fentanyl pills and firearms trafficking. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, McMillian was sentenced for his role in the drug trafficking and firearms trafficking conspiracy that was the subject of an undercover investigation conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. During the course of the investigation, undercover officers purchased over three kilograms of methamphetamine, 1,600 fentanyl pills and seven firearms from the conspirators. McMillian was the source of the firearms and the fentanyl pills. At sentencing, Judge Neary found that McMillian’s long criminal history of violence, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses warrant imprisonment of 188 months in prison. The Judged noted that previous periods of incarceration had not deterred McMillian from returning to commit crimes. McMillian had previously entered a guilty plea to fentanyl trafficking. His trafficking of firearms was considered part of the Judge’s sentencing. Co-defendants Devonte Betts, Lamar Waters, and Tyrese Nealy entered guilty pleas to drug trafficking offenses. They are scheduled for sentencing in the coming months. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Pennsylvania Office of”