SEATTLE, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A Federal Way man who was part of a drug ring responsible for an overdose death on the Lummi Nation Reservation has been sentenced.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced on Thursday, Sept. 3, that 22-year-old Sir-Terrique Milam will spend nine years in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

Milam was found to be a close associate of one of the leaders of a drug trafficking organization that was allegedly run by the Jackson family. Court documents state investigators heard him making plans over the phone to pick up over 30 pounds of fentanyl pills in Arizona.

“Mr. Milam was a trusted member of this drug trafficking organization – trusted to travel to Arizona and meet with the primary supplier of the drugs,” Floyd said in a news release. “He is a young man but already has convictions for promoting prostitution and illegal firearms possession. This prison sentence is needed to protect the community and break his cycle of crime.”

Milam was one of 14 people who were indicted in October 2024 for a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy that was linked to a fatal overdose at Lummi. It was one of four overdose deaths that occurred in the span of a single week on the reservation.

Law enforcement seized more than 846,000 fentanyl pills along with 15 pounds of fentanyl powder, 15 pounds of cocaine and 29 firearms over the course of the investigation. The Whatcom Gang and Drug Task Force and Lummi Police Department were both among the investigating agencies.

Milam received the most prison time of the five members of the drug ring that have been sentenced so far.

The Jackson family and other alleged members of the operation have their trial scheduled for July 2027.