Navarre Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida announced on November 12 that Loredana Alessandra Bassolino, 38, of Navarre, Florida, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and more than 5 grams of methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Court documents reflect that on January 14, 2026, federal agents executed an arrest warrant for Andre Perry at a hotel in Pensacola, Florida. When law enforcement entered Perry's hotel room, they observed drug paraphernalia throughout the room along with a speed loader tool used to quickly load ammunition into firearm magazines. Bassolino, another occupant of the room, admitted narcotics were present and consented to a search, during which officers discovered fentanyl, methamphetamine, and a loaded firearm. Both Bassolino and Perry are convicted felons legally prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition; Perry was most recently convicted in July 2025 of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, among other offenses.
Perry is scheduled for sentencing on February 11, 2027, before United States District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II in Pensacola. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the United States Marshals Service and the Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Task Force, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Thomas S.P. Geeker.
U.S. Attorney Heekin said the sentence will keep the trafficker off the streets and that his office will continue aggressive prosecutions to hold peddlers of deadly drugs accountable. Daniel Escobar, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Tampa Field Division, said fentanyl remains the biggest drug threat facing the country and that DEA agents and law enforcement partners remain vigilant against traffickers who distribute it. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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