Middletown man enters guilty plea to federal narcotics charge

A Middletown man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal drug charge for his role in a local narcotics conspiracy tied to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel in Mexico.

Donte Holdbrook, 25, of Middletown, entered his guilty plea to a charge of narcotics conspiracy before Judge Timothy Black in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.

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Holdbrook is facing 10 years to life in prison. He is currently being held in the Butler County Jail pending sentencing in federal court.

Holdbrook was one of 12 individuals charged by a Cincinnati federal grand jury in March in a narcotics and money laundering conspiracy. Members of the group distributed fentanyl from Mexico in Middletown and sent proceeds back to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel in Mexico. A number of others were charged in San Diego, Calif., in a related case.

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Ed Richter has been a working journalist for 38 years, with the last 34 years working in various capacities covering Butler and Warren counties as a reporter and an editor. Richter covers local news and governments in Warren County focusing on Springboro, Lebanon, Franklin, Carlisle and Waynesville.