A 36-year-old Plano man known as “Truth” has been charged with federal drug trafficking violations after allegedly being found with two kilograms of raw powdered fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
Eric William Mather, or “Truth,” made his initial appearance in court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine Nowak on January 12, 2022. He was charged with multiple violations including conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
Mather was identified by the North Texas OCDETF Strike Force 2 (SF2), with the assistance of the DEA Dallas Tactical Diversion Squad, as a fentanyl source back in September 2022. Mather was allegedly supplying both counterfeit pharmaceutical pills laced with fentanyl and raw powdered fentanyl.
Mather is being held responsible for multiple overdoses in North Texas. In what has been called an epidemic, rates of overdose deaths due to synthetic opioids like fentanyl increased nationwide by more than 56% from 2019 to 2020, as previously reported by The Dallas Express. Two milligrams of fentanyl is enough to deliver a fatal dose.
During Mather’s arrest, law enforcement allegedly seized over a kilogram of fentanyl-laced pills, two kilograms of raw powdered fentanyl, 30 firearms, a pill press, and luxury vehicles.
In November 2022, Mather was named in a fourth superseding indictment that was returned by a federal grand jury, according to the Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Rattan will be prosecuting the case, and it is currently being investigated by the Dallas Police Department, the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and IRS Criminal Investigations.
Fentanyl trafficking has become a major issue across the United States, including in Dallas, where local police seized 3,919 grams in 14 operations in the first 10 months of 2022.
Although the Dallas City Council has held meetings over the apparent spike in drug crimes and drug-related deaths, this has been to little effect. In December alone, the city saw 494 drug-related crimes.
The war on drugs has been fought for 50+ years and it appears that drugs have been winning the entire time. The real loser in this war has been the civil rights of all Americans and the 4th Amendment is a shadow of its former self. I seem to recall a constitutional amendment being required to make alcohol illegal but I do not recall an amendment being passed that outlawed street drugs.
Doing the math there are over 2 million doses of Fentanyl involved. I suggest that the prosecution include a charge of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault (battery) for profit in the sale of Fentanyl, at 200,000 charges against the perpetrator. The nice thing is that Texas law allows that there be no pre-determined namable victim, only the meeting of the definition. That is one in every ten at minimum sales would end up in meeting the requirement of doing bodily harm.
The fact there are two known deaths proves absolutely that the state requirement is met.
The conspiracy charge is actually a separate charge in itself.
We add that to the 2 murder charges and no matter what this guy will never walk out of a prison, if not executed.
Overdose doesn’t mean death
That’s what I’m saying
These ppl have nothing to do but blame someone else for their ppl messed up junkie lifestyle ….literally …he is not guilty of nothing..that’s just facts …so ppl need to stop bashing him and accusing and blaming him for what who ever they are pressed about decided to do..ERIC IS LITERALLY NOTHING THEY CLAIM..HE IS AN AMAZING PERSON WITH SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR AND NOBODY CAN SAY THAT HE WASNT …. Accusations and he said she said doesn’t mean guilty…ppl are talking and assuming and making their own accusations without knowing facts!!
You’re a moron..
He should receive the death penalty. Thugs like this, don’t care about human life. Addiction is a disease. Addicts should not be murdered because of it. All this guy cared about was money. I feel the city CAN do more than what they are presently doing, which amounts to nothing. Give the state attorneys permission to publicly hang thugs, and I will bet that it will curve the majority of crime.
I know him and I know what he did. He is a killer he knew exactly who he decided to poison. He will rot in prison he is a coward will not survive. I pray every day he gets charged for the murder he committed.
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HE IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY….He didn’t poison anybody …
And u dont know him …he’s not a coward and he is a survivor…you clearly are hating on him because u found this post and you are trying to comment on something that’s not true !!! Defamation of character!!! What is being said in every one of these articles is far from the TRUTH!! Free will is exactly what any and every single person that decides to put anything into their body wants too…period… HE DID NOT COMMIT MURDER!!! u know it and I know it !! I’m sorry whoever u are referring too was a junkie but that’s not Eric’s fault.. like I said FREE WILL!!
you think you know him so well but you don’t !
Lucky for you he can’t hurt you !
Wow u ppl are out of there ..junkies are junkies..he did nothing wrong ..innocent till proven guilty…period..