ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Rochester man arrested in 2023 with more than 30,000 fentanyl pills pleaded guilty in a plea deal in federal court. John Michael Ask, age 46, originally could have been sentenced to 40 years in prison and fined $5 million. The watered-down plea deal was only to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine. A pre-sentencing hearing was scheduled for early February.
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