Anchorage Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Trafficking Fentanyl Mailed From Las Vegas
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska announced that Shane Norman Caliph Derryberry, 59, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced earlier this week to 10 years in federal prison for the distribution of controlled substances. U.S. District Judge Aaron Christian Peterson imposed the sentence in case number 3:26-cr-00034.
According to court documents, from around May 2025 into September 2025, Derryberry sold approximately 100 grams of fentanyl powder to multiple individuals, assisted in the distribution by co-defendant Michele Rider.
In September 2025, Derryberry and Rider traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, and a few days later mailed a parcel to Rider's residence in Anchorage. The parcel contained approximately 190 grams of fentanyl powder and approximately 20 grams of methamphetamine. On September 16, 2025, law enforcement officers executed search warrants on several apartments where the two lived, recovering methamphetamine, fentanyl and $2,685 in drug sale proceeds.
Rider was sentenced on October 14, 2026, to over eight years in prison. Both defendants were sentenced by Judge Peterson.
"The shipments of drugs from other states, especially in regard to fentanyl, has caused havoc in Alaskan communities," said Michael J. Heyman, U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska. "The harm these drugs cause is pervasive and deadly, and our office will pursue anyone who is shipping and distributing such dangerous substances into our state."
Matthew Schlegel, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Anchorage Field Office, called Derryberry "a menace to society" and said the FBI will use every available resource, working closely with law enforcement partners, to identify and hold to account drug traffickers who prey on communities.
The case was investigated by the FBI Anchorage Field Office, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Anchorage District Office and Seattle Field Division, the Anchorage Police Department as part of the Anchorage HIDTA team, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Anchorage Domicile. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jordyn Caldwell prosecuted the case. (Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska)
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska
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