DAYTON — A Dayton man will spend over a decade behind bars for purchasing an opioid cutting agent from China.
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Nykiha Astin, 42, conspired to buy at least one kilogram of metonitazene, which he intended to use as a cutting agent to enhance fentanyl’s potency, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio.
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He distributed the substance, referred to as “juice,” to drug dealers in the Midwest.
On Tuesday, Astin was sentenced to 135 months in prison.
Astin was charged federally in May 2024 and pleaded guilty in April 2025. He is one of four defendants convicted in this case.
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