Dayton, Ohio – A 38-year-old Dayton man with an extensive history of drug trafficking has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison after admitting his involvement in distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Marcus Gullatte, Sr., received a 264-month prison sentence in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute the two controlled substances.
Federal authorities described Gullatte as a career offender whose criminal history includes several drug convictions over the past decade.
According to prosecutors, his involvement in drug trafficking continued despite previous prison sentences and federal supervision.
Defendant continued selling drugs while on supervised release
Court documents show that Gullatte was involved in obtaining and reselling significant quantities of illegal drugs throughout the summer of 2024.
Investigators determined that he purchased bulk amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine from a supplier operating in the Dayton area.
He then resold the substances to other individuals in exchange for cash.
Federal officials said these activities were part of a continuing pattern of drug trafficking that had grown over the years.
At the time of the 2024 transactions, Gullatte was already serving a period of supervised release following an earlier federal conviction.
His criminal record included two previous federal drug trafficking convictions, which resulted in separate prison sentences of 36 months and 60 months.
Despite those earlier penalties, authorities said Gullatte returned to selling controlled substances.
A federal grand jury indicted him in November 2024 in connection with the latest drug trafficking case.
He subsequently pleaded guilty in June 2026, accepting responsibility for the conspiracy charge.
Following his guilty plea, the case proceeded to sentencing before Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose, who imposed the 264-month prison term.
The sentence was announced by Dominick S. Gerace II, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Jason Cromartie, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cincinnati Division.
Deputy Criminal Chief Tabacchi represented the United States in the case.
The latest conviction adds to Gullatte’s history of federal drug offenses and results in a substantially longer prison sentence than those imposed for his previous convictions.
The case involved the distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine in the Dayton area while Gullatte remained under federal supervision for earlier criminal activity.
