WHITE PLAINS, NY — Terrance Johnson, who is identified as a Sullivan County resident by the U.S. Attorney’s office, has pleaded guilty to distributing a mix of heroin and fentanyl that resulted in the death of Liberty resident Malcolm Perry, who was 35.

Johnson also pleaded guilty to multiple additional counts of distributing at least 100 grams of heroin and 280 grams of crack cocaine.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued a press release on June 6 and said, “As he admitted today in court, Johnson sold a deadly mixture of heroin and fentanyl in Sullivan County on multiple occasions, one of which resulted in the tragic overdose death of Malcolm Perry on or about June 1, 2015. Heroin abuse—on the rise along with prescription painkiller abuse—is causing too many deaths and destroying too many communities.”

According to the allegations in the indictment and other information in the public record: on multiple occasions between May 28, 2015, and June 6, 2015, Johnson sold heroin mixed with fentanyl in Sullivan County. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is significantly stronger than both ordinary heroin and morphine. Several customers who purchased that dangerous mixture from Johnson overdosed and required emergency medical attention. As a consequence of committing the offense of distributing a controlled substance that resulted in death, Johnson faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison, and a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Johnson will be sentenced in September.