A 33-year-old Lynbrook man was sentenced this week in federal court to 22 years in prison for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a retired police officer from Elmont in December 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

During sentencing on Wednesday U.S. District Court Judge Joan M. Azrack also ordered Ryan Mueller to forfeit $49,394 and two handguns. Mueller had pleaded guilty in December to distributing fentanyl that caused the death of the 49-year-old victim, whom federal authorities said died after taking counterfeit oxycodone laced with fentanyl. In a December indictment, authorities said the pressed pill was supplied by Mueller.

Mueller was indicted after a joint investigation involving the Nassau County Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations, New York

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