A 28-year-old Seattle man will spend more than three decades in federal prison after being convicted of helping run a major narcotics pipeline that moved fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine across the United States.
Bryce Hill was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison and five years of supervised release, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The punishment follows Hill’s September 2025 jury conviction for his involvement in a sprawling drug conspiracy connected to the Monarrez Drug Trafficking Organization, which prosecutors say supplied narcotics to cities nationwide.
During a two-and-a-half-week trial, federal prosecutors presented evidence showing Hill’s deep involvement in the Monarrez network between August 2021 and June 2023. Through wiretaps, agents intercepted communications in which Hill arranged for shipments of hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills and multiple kilograms of the synthetic opioid for redistribution.
Searches tied to the investigation uncovered staggering quantities of drugs and cash. In one 2023 raid on Hill’s Seattle apartment, agents seized 27 kilograms of fentanyl pills, multiple firearms, and nearly $400,000 in cash. A separate operation at a short-term rental property in Scottsdale months earlier yielded 28 kilograms of fentanyl pills, 48 kilograms of methamphetamine, three kilograms of cocaine, and 20 firearms, authorities said.
Federal prosecutors argued that Hill and his associates supplied regional dealers across the U.S., including operations reaching into western Pennsylvania, where the case was ultimately prosecuted. In total, 35 individuals were indicted as part of the same conspiracy, most of whom have now been sentenced.
Troy Rivetti praised the efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and other partner agencies, including the IRS, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Scottsdale Police Department, for their coordinated work in dismantling the operation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Arnold P. Bernard Jr. and Katherine C. Jordan, and was part of Operation Take Back America, a federal campaign aimed at disrupting cartels and other transnational criminal organizations.
Hill’s sentence marks one of the lengthiest imposed so far under the initiative—underscoring what federal officials call their “unwavering commitment” to stopping the flow of deadly fentanyl into U.S. communities.
Read the full Department of Justice release here.
