BURLINGTON, Vt. — A California man has been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison for selling crack cocaine and fentanyl in Rutland, the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Vermont said Thursday.

Dejaneiro McDaniel, 21, of Bakersfield, California, was sentenced Oct. 26 by Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss. He will serve three years of supervised release after his prison term. McDaniel had pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine base, commonly known as crack, and fentanyl.

According to court records cited by prosecutors, McDaniel was involved with others in distributing drugs in and around Rutland in the spring of 2025.

On March 28, 2025, investigators arranged a controlled drug purchase at an apartment in Rutland, where the buyer got a gram of crack cocaine and 0.75 grams of fentanyl from McDaniel, prosecutors said.

On May 8, 2025, police served a search warrant at the same apartment. McDaniel came out of the apartment before officers began searching, prosecutors said. Inside, they found about 35 grams of crack cocaine, 17 grams of fentanyl, 17 grams of cocaine and two loaded guns.

The Rutland Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations and the Vermont State Police investigated the case.

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