United States Drug Enforcement Administration

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana, announced that Adam Gerhardt, 34, of Evansville, has been sentenced to 140 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl and over 50 grams of methamphetamine.

According to court documents, in 2022, Gerhardt had an active felony warrant out of Kentucky for Burglary. On Feb. 11, 2022, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force located Gerhardt at an apartment complex in Evansville and took him into custody.

During a sweep of the home, agents found a set of digital scales, a glass smoking pipe for methamphetamine, four plastic bags containing 387 grams of pure methamphetamine, three plastic bags containing 793 grams of blue fentanyl pills pressed to look like oxycodone pills, two plastic bags containing cocaine, and two plastic bags containing heroin.

A search of text messages sent by Gerhardt showed him selling an eighth of an ounce of crystal methamphetamine for $100, the blue counterfeit pills for $15 each, and a gram of another drug for $225.

At the time agents located the drugs in the apartment, Gerhardt’s infant child was living in the residence under his care.

“Drug dealers like this defendant peddle deadly substances with utter disregard for human life, seeing only dollar signs and not the faces of the many loved ones have been lost to overdoses caused by the fentanyl hidden in these counterfeit pills,” said U.S. Attorney Myers. “It is our responsibility as federal law enforcement officials to attack the drug overdose epidemic head-on by identifying and prosecuting those who are funneling this poison into our communities. This prosecution and sentence demonstrate that our office will continue to work alongside DEA, USMS, and local Drug Task Forces to do just that.”

The DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, and Evansville-Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force investigated this case. The Indiana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program provided valuable assistance and resources to support this operation. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Young. Judge Young also ordered that Gerhardt be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for five years following his release from federal prison.