Seattle man, who had Scottsdale drug stash, sentenced to 35 years in prison for drug trafficking

PHOENIX — A man from Seattle, Washington, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in a transnational drug trafficking organization and had a stash of illegal drugs seized in Scottsdale, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced Friday.

Bryce Hill, 28, was given the sentence by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan following a trial in September 2025.

Hill was among 35 charged “for their participation in a domestic and international narcotics and money laundering conspiracy involving substantial quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine,” according to a press release.

His sentencing came after 32 others involved received theirs.

The 28-year-old in the trial was established as part of Monarrez Drug Trafficking Organization, which is based in Phoenix and distributed “millions of fentanyl pills” and other drugs illegally from August 2021 to June 2023.

A seizure of “a short-term rental property” in Scottsdale occurred on Dec. 25, 2022, where law enforcement gathered 28 kilograms of fentanyl pills, 7.5 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 3 kilograms of cocaine, 48 kilograms of methamphetamine and 20 firearms.

A jury overseeing Hill’s trial found he conspired to distribute and possessed with the intent to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine, at least 400 grams of fentanyl and at least 500 grams of methamphetamine.

Scottsdale Police Department contributed to the wide-ranging drug trafficking investigation.

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