Drug-induced homicide cases
An ongoing project to document every drug-induced homicide prosecution in the United States, federal and state, from the earliest cases to today. Every case links to a public source.
This is a sample. The database is still being built. It holds 2,934 cases from all 50 states and D.C. so far, 1,400 federal and 1,534 state. This page shows 500 of them (272 federal, 228 state), chosen so that every state, relationship and outcome you can filter by is represented. The complete database will be published here when it is finished and checked, with a DOI so it can be cited.
Updated frequently. New cases are added as they are sentenced, and older ones as they come to light, once their sources have been checked. It is not yet a complete count. If someone you love is facing one of these charges, start here.
Key findings
- Sentence range
- Probation to 45 yrs
- Plus 14 life sentences
- 20 years or more
- 95 of 272 vs 34 of 228
- Federal vs State cases, including life
- Resolved by plea deal
- 362 of 416
- Cases where the outcome was reported
- Charged with a loved one’s death
- 40 of 500
- Friend, partner or family
These figures describe the 500 cases in this sample. The sample was chosen to cover every filter, not drawn at random, so they are not estimates for the whole database or for all prosecutions.
Sentences
All cases
500 cases
| Sentenced | Court | Relationship | Drugs | Plea or trial | Sentence | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Federal · FL | Friend | Fentanyl | Trial | Life | Alfonso Guerrero: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · LA | Not reported | Fentanyl (sold as heroin) | Trial | Life | Derrick Fairley: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · MO | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet pills) | Trial | 45 yrs | Bobby Lee Jones: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · LA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 35 yrs | Paige Nicole Andrews: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl; cocaine (sold as Percocet and cocaine) | Plea | 33 yrs | Isaiah Delgado: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · AK | Not reported | Carfentanil (believed to be fentanyl) | Plea | 30 yrs | Sean Mobley: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | 30 yrs | Kreli Haynes: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · PA | Stranger | Fentanyl | Plea | 25 yrs | James P. Cullen V: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 25 yrs | Trent River Klein: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · FL | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 25 yrs | Jason Canady: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · SD | Not reported | Fentanyl (powder) | Plea | 21.8 yrs | Canaan Renville: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · NC | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 21 yrs | Cordell Antonio Mendoza: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · AR | Social setting (host) | Fentanyl | Trial | 20 yrs | April Adams: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · PA | Stranger | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Michelle Lindsay Ferranti: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · UT | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 20 yrs | Spencer Massengale: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · OK | Acquaintance | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Samantha Powell: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit hydrocodone pills) | Plea | 17.5 yrs | Kevin Chase McCauley: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · MI | Stranger | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Not reported | 17 yrs | Kai Livingston Packer: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · UT | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 15 yrs | Cullin Anthony Bullen: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 15 yrs | Scott Kyle Wright: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · AK | Not reported | Fentanyl (M-30 pills) | Plea | 15 yrs | Ashley Katelnikoff: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Trevin Smith: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · GA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 14 yrs | Masi Lenard Fears: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · SC | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 14 yrs | David Harrison Thrift: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 13 yrs | Deorey Hayes-Davis: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · MD | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 12.6 yrs | Sarah Katherine Magid: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · AR | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 12.5 yrs | Tony Bonds Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · KY | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 12.5 yrs | Ryan Cooley: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · WI | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit pills) | Not reported | 12 yrs | Eric Abresch: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 12 yrs | Vincent Steven Calvin: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 10 yrs | Aaron Jay Perez: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · MO | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 10 yrs | Jayden House: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · OH | Other (see detail) | Fentanyl; carfentanil | Plea | 10 yrs | Mahat Salat: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · WI | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 10 yrs | William Nell: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · OR | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit pills) | Plea | 8.3 yrs | Alondra Stephanie Trujillo: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · AZ | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 8 yrs | Freddie Anthony Avila: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · NC | Not reported | Fentanyl; carfentanil (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 8 yrs | Isaiah Lathomas DaPaul Watson: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · TN | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 8 yrs | Calvin Suttles: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · NC | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 6.4 yrs | Dontae Williams: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · CA | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 6 yrs | David Ray Mullins: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · IL | Not reported | MDMA | Plea | 6 yrs | Carlos M. Paiz: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · PA | Acquaintance | Fentanyl | Plea | 5 yrs | Amy Virginia Rowan: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl (in marijuana) | Plea | 5 yrs | Tiffany Gump: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · MA | Not reported | Metonitazene (sold as oxycodone) | Trial | 5 yrs | Christopher Halla: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · NC | Friend | Fentanyl (pressed pills sold as Percocet) | Plea | 4 yrs | Jerimiah Naseem Hargrove: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · WI | Partner | Fentanyl and cocaine | Not reported | 4 yrs | James Barton: facts and sources |
| 2026 | Federal · LA | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 3.1 yrs | Jessica Portway: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · MI | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 1.6 yrs | Louis Ray Spinker: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · UT | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 1 yrs | Mark Edward Santanello: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · WV | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | — | Brian Keith Noll: facts and sources |
| 2026 | State · KY | Not reported | Not reported (she was found with fentanyl and methamphetamine) | Not reported | — | Lacy Ross: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · FL | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | Life | Nicholas Van Duy: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | Life | Ricco Lamonte Maye: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · SD | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | Life | Anthony Sorenson: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · LA | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Trial | Life | Alvin Laurant Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · RI | Not reported | Fentanyl (given as cocaine) | Trial | 40 yrs | Walik Morrison: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · MS | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 40 yrs | Derek Jarrell: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · IN | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 40 yrs | Anton T. Matthews: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · TN | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | 33 yrs | Christopher Brian Jones: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · TN | Not reported | Fentanyl; methamphetamine | Trial | 32 yrs | Austin Forkpa: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 30 yrs | Brandy Ann Brown Daniels: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · OH | Not reported | Acetyl fentanyl, fentanyl, methamphetamine and xylazine | Not reported | 27 yrs | Roger Graszl: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · OK | Friend | Fentanyl | Trial | 25 yrs | Brandon Jerome Silas: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · MI | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 25 yrs | David James Monroe: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 25 yrs | Ciana Armour: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · IN | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit prescription pills) | Not reported | 25 yrs | Lonnie Haskins: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · TN | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit Roxicodone pills) | Plea | 24.3 yrs | Nathan Hunter Whitaker: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl (in cocaine) | Trial | 24 yrs | Federico Rosario: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl (sold as cocaine) | Trial | 22 yrs | Tysheem Dunlap: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · MN | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Trial | 21.8 yrs | Dimitric Timopkin Wilson: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · PA | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 21 yrs | Kaylee Ann Widmer: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · LA | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Not reported | 20 yrs | Martin William Thompson: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · NE | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Not reported | 20 yrs | Aidan J. Glenn: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Alysha Michelle Dittmar: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Lawrence Duguett Hardin Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · IN | No direct contact | Fentanyl (counterfeit pills) | Plea | 20 yrs | Arcinial Montreal Watt: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · SC | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet pills) | Not reported | 20 yrs | Pasqual Perez Duckett: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · AL | Not reported | Cocaine laced with fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Alex Hollingsworth: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · MI | Friend | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Leland A. MacQuarrie Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · NY | No direct contact | Heroin; fentanyl; xylazine | Plea | 19 yrs | Michael Kuilan: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 19 yrs | Carl Wayne Hite Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · IL | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 19 yrs | Rufus L. McGee: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · TN | Not reported | Crack cocaine laced with fentanyl | Plea | 18 yrs | Lisa Garland: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · FL | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 16 yrs | Stephanie Raimundo: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15.7 yrs | Danny Nunez: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · WV | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Ashley Louise Haynes: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | 15 yrs | Quinn Aaron McKellips: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · NJ | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet pills) | Plea | 15 yrs | Elias Santiago: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · NC | Not reported | Not reported | Trial | 15 yrs | Kristen Nichole Graham: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · DE | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | James Watson: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · CO | Not reported | Fentanyl (pill sold as oxycodone) | Plea | 15 yrs | James Winn: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl; methamphetamine | Plea | 15 yrs | Nicole Marie Davies: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl; cocaine; para-fluorofentanyl | Plea | 14.6 yrs | Jarad Paster: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · CO | No direct contact | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 14 yrs | Gabriel Orozco: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 13.2 yrs | Elijah Morales: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · KS | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 12.9 yrs | Torin Michael Baughman: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · CO | No direct contact | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 12 yrs | Destiny Salazar: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · AR | Other (see detail) | Fentanyl; cocaine | Plea | 10 yrs | Chiquita Roberts: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · HI | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Not reported | 10 yrs | Justin Wu: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · IA | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 10 yrs | Jeremy Shine: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · GA | Other (see detail) | Fentanyl (laced drugs) | Plea | 10 yrs | Tobias Woods: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · CA | Courier / broker for a seller | Fentanyl | Not reported | 8 yrs | Lakota Tehya Wakley: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | 8 yrs | Christopher J. Williams: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · NC | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 7 yrs | Michael Tyler Britt: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · KY | Not reported | Fentanyl and other drugs | Plea | 7 yrs | John Bowles: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · NC | Partner | Fentanyl | Trial | 6.5 yrs | Hugh Willis Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · MN | Not reported | Fentanyl (in cocaine) | Plea | 6.3 yrs | Fox James Bellanger: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · VA | Friend | Cocaine; fentanyl | Not reported | 5 yrs | Don Carnell Batchelor Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl; xylazine | Plea | 5 yrs | Antonio Venti: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · MD | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet) | Plea | 5 yrs | Cesar Alexander Lopez: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · ME | Not reported | Fentanyl; methamphetamine | Plea | 5 yrs | Landon Larsen: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · NC | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 4.8 yrs | Charles Jenkins: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · MN | Not reported | Fentanyl (in cocaine) | Plea | 4 yrs | Anthony James Costello: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · AK | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 4 yrs | Frankie Bates: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · WI | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Lathan Foster: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · MA | Not reported | Cocaine; fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Eric Stone: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl; methamphetamine | Not reported | 4 yrs | Douglas Sullivan: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · NC | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 1.6 yrs | Dakoda Drake: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl; xylazine | Plea | 1.3 yrs | Melody Lynn Taylor: facts and sources |
| 2025 | State · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 0.3 yrs | Casey Bledsoe: facts and sources |
| 2025 | Federal · CA | No direct contact | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | — | Marcus Michael Takaya Poydras: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | 40 yrs | Kavon Jackasal: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · IN | Not reported | Amphetamines, methamphetamine, fentanyl and benzodiazepines | Trial | 36 yrs | Cynthia Crane: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · FL | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 30 yrs | Darnell Julio Mendez: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · GA | Not reported | Fentanyl and cocaine | Plea | 30 yrs | Brent Lacorney Thomas: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Heroin | Trial | 27 yrs | Dione Dante Mobley: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · AR | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 24.3 yrs | Cortell Randolph: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · IL | Not reported | Fentanyl-laced drugs (death from fentanyl, methamphetamine and Klonopin) | Not reported | 24 yrs | Brent Dusch: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · SD | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 23 yrs | Charity Taylor: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · PA | Prescriber / patient | Oxycodone; fentanyl; methadone | Trial | 22 yrs | Martin Evers: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · SD | Friend | Fentanyl; alprazolam (pills) | Trial | 21 yrs | Armando Angel Cheshier: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · TN | No direct contact | Para-fluorofentanyl (sold as ketamine) | Plea | 21 yrs | Jonathan Bash: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · GA | Partner | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Jon Dillon Screen: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · OK | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 20 yrs | Dustin Ellis: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · KY | Not reported | Fentanyl; para-fluorofentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Dominic Jackson: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · IN | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 20 yrs | Jeremial Lee Leach: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · KY | Other (see detail) | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Daniel Hudson: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · KY | Not reported | Acetyl fentanyl; fentanyl (counterfeit pill) | Plea | 20 yrs | Eeston Thomson: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · WI | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet pills) | Plea | 20 yrs | Roosevelt T. Taylor: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · MI | Prescriber / patient | Oxycodone; hydrocodone | Trial | 20 yrs | Bernard Shelton: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · SD | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Katey McGruder: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · CO | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Jason Wahlstrom: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · IN | Not reported | Fentanyl and methamphetamine | Plea | 20 yrs | Otis J. Hicks: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 19 yrs | Kaeden Farish: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · MO | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 18.3 yrs | Amanda J. Jones: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · NY | Former partner | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 16.7 yrs | Steven Jones: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · MO | No direct contact | Fentanyl; methamphetamine | Plea | 16 yrs | Garry W. Triplett: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15.7 yrs | Sudiata Stinson: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · NC | Acquaintance | Fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Treveris Montel Coward: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 15 yrs | Rafael Soliz Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · WI | Partner | Fentanyl; methamphetamine (mixed drugs) | Not reported | 15 yrs | Andrew C. Washburn: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · ID | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 15 yrs | Efren Alexander Aviles-Pacheco: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · PA | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 13 yrs | Rahde Williamson: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · IL | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 13 yrs | Courvoisier Thomas: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · NC | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit pills) | Plea | 12.9 yrs | Dylan Alexander Jones: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 12.6 yrs | Shawn Rodriguez: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · HI | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 12 yrs | Jose Elias Camacho: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · AL | Not reported | Fentanyl (pill) | Plea | 12 yrs | Jay Quan Adams: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · AZ | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills); methamphetamine | Plea | 10 yrs | Robert Don Schield: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · NJ | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 10 yrs | David Pezak: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · ND | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Not reported | 10 yrs | Dustin Sapot: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · ND | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Not reported | 10 yrs | Harlan Kastrow: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · WA | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Not reported | 10 yrs | Joseph Anthony Cannarozzi: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · NY | Not reported | Fentanyl; heroin | Plea | 10 yrs | Jaquan Casserly: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · NE | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Not reported | 9.5 yrs | Joe Paul Shultz: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · OK | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 8.3 yrs | Pamela Payne: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · CT | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 8 yrs | Jerrard Santiago: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · WV | Not reported | Counterfeit pill made to look like Roxicodone 30 | Plea | 8 yrs | Jerrell Michael Stinson: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · MA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 7.7 yrs | Troy Jones: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · MN | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 7.2 yrs | Xavier Rene Soto: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · ID | Friend | Fentanyl | Plea | 7 yrs | Tanner Lee Goforth: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · TN | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 7 yrs | Adam Presnell: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · NJ | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 7 yrs | Ryan Thompson: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · PA | Not reported | Heroin (death from fentanyl) | Plea | 7 yrs | Samantha Gustafson: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · PA | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 6.8 yrs | Todd Wignall: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · OR | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 6.7 yrs | Colby Jungwirth: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · IL | Not reported | Heroin; cocaine | Plea | 6 yrs | Daniel Carmody: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · PA | Coworker | Heroin; methamphetamine (multi-drug) | Plea | 5 yrs | Emily Elizabeth Pletcher: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · SC | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 5 yrs | Crystal Blackburn: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · NY | Prescriber / patient | Opioids and other prescription drugs (oxycodone, morphine, OxyContin, clonazepam, alprazolam) | Plea | 5 yrs | George Blatti: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · KS | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 4.1 yrs | Mason Duane Robinson: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · PA | Coworker | Not reported | Plea | 4 yrs | Edwin Burgos: facts and sources |
| 2024 | Federal · OR | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 3.4 yrs | Billy Ray Trueblood II: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · KS | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 3.4 yrs | Logan Hastie Morgan: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · NC | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 3.2 yrs | Lyndsey Haynes: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · WA | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit M30 oxycodone pills) | Plea | 2.5 yrs | Jesse Lott: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · PA | Family | Fentanyl and xylazine | Plea | 1 yrs | Christopher Payne: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · MN | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 0.5 yrs | Jesse Russell Lietzau: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · NV | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | Probation | Timothy McCracken: facts and sources |
| 2024 | State · MN | Former partner | Fentanyl (pills) | Not reported | Probation | Conner Lee Hoeft: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · OR | Stranger | Fentanyl analogue | Trial | Life | Henry Konah Koffie: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · IN | Not reported | Amphetamine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and benzodiazepines | Not reported | 42 yrs | Curtis Atkinson: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · IN | Not reported | Not reported | Trial | 35 yrs | Joel D. West: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 30.8 yrs | Terrance Lamar Peacock: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · FL | Friend | Fentanyl | Not reported | 30 yrs | Jessica Niccole Wright: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · CA | Coworker | Fentanyl | Trial | 29.3 yrs | Cruz Noel Quintero: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · MO | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 23.7 yrs | Darryl Turner: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · ND | No direct contact | Fentanyl and fentanyl analogues | Trial | 23 yrs | Marie Um: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · NE | Acquaintance | Fentanyl | Not reported | 20 yrs | Regina A. Rodriguez: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · CO | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 20 yrs | Nathaniel David Corser: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · PA | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Trial | 20 yrs | Susan Melissa Nickas: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · CO | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet pills) | Plea | 20 yrs | Alexis Nicole Wilkins: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 20 yrs | Colby Ray Clarken: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 20 yrs | Garson E. Butcher: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Not reported | 20 yrs | David Lee Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · IN | Not reported | Heroin (the bags tested positive for fentanyl) | Plea | 20 yrs | Jay Lynn Krauter: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · ID | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Not reported | 19 yrs | Matthew James Holmberg: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · DC | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 16 yrs | Andrew Cooper: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 15.7 yrs | Alexander Michael Randise: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · PA | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 15.7 yrs | Edwin Tejeda: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Kevin L. Walker Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · VA | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit pills and powder) | Not reported | 15 yrs | Reza Hashemi: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Nathaniel Cabacungan: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · OK | No direct contact | Heroin | Plea | 15 yrs | Noah Montague: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · KS | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills sold as Percocet) | Plea | 15 yrs | Javyn Johnson: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Anna Parsons: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · MO | Not reported | Fentanyl (capsules) | Plea | 13.5 yrs | Jerome Middleton: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · KY | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 13 yrs | Dalton Hayes: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · NJ | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 12.5 yrs | Wyzier Peterson: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · MN | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | 12.2 yrs | Bret Ryne Lott: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · NY | No direct contact | Heroin | Not reported | 12 yrs | Orlando Albert-Arroyo: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · VA | No direct contact | Fentanyl (sold as heroin) | Plea | 12 yrs | Chauncey Lamont Montague: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · IA | No direct contact | Methamphetamine | Not reported | 12 yrs | Ray Bustamante: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 10.8 yrs | Jaimee Ashley Koryn: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 10 yrs | Bobby Hood: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · NY | No direct contact | Heroin | Not reported | 10 yrs | Genesis Tolentino-Cruz: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · MO | Friend | Fentanyl (capsules) | Plea | 10 yrs | Quinton O'Bryan Adaway: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Not reported | 9.2 yrs | Jonathan Betancur: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · NE | Not reported | Heroin | Not reported | 9.2 yrs | Zachary Northey: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · CO | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 9 yrs | Terrelle Lucero: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · OR | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 8 yrs | Dylan Wilson: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · MI | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Plea | 8 yrs | Derek Rosen: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · TN | Not reported | Fentanyl; heroin | Plea | 8 yrs | Timothy Wayne Altum: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · PA | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 8 yrs | Robert Daniel Patterson: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · MN | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills sold as OxyContin) | Not reported | 7.5 yrs | Eric Traft-Johnson: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · VA | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 7 yrs | Kenneth James Hughes Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · MN | Family | Not reported | Plea | 7 yrs | Deja Denise Padilla: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · NJ | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 7 yrs | Lamar Daniel Campbell: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 6.3 yrs | Kenneth P. Mazurkiewicz: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · MN | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 6.2 yrs | Olivia Rose Saddler: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · NC | Acquaintance | Fentanyl | Plea | 5.6 yrs | Manuel Alejandro Acevedo: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · MA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 5 yrs | Joseph Comeau: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · MT | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 5 yrs | Christopher R. Clark: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · PA | Stranger | Not reported | Plea | 5 yrs | Calvin W. Ward: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · NY | Not reported | Fentanyl-laced drugs | Plea | 5 yrs | Usbaldo L. Rodriquez: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · WY | Not reported | Fentanyl pills (the autopsy found cocaine and fentanyl) | Not reported | 5 yrs | Shelby Toby Girten: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · MO | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Dustin Pool: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Chase Kirby: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · NY | Not reported | Heroin laced with fentanyl | Plea | 3.5 yrs | Matthew Carnicelli: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · DC | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 3.1 yrs | Justice Michelle Eastman: facts and sources |
| 2023 | Federal · TN | No direct contact | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Trial | 2.3 yrs | Debra Kathleen Vekasi: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · MN | Partner | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 1 yrs | Anthony Joseph Drury: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · TN | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 1 yrs | Amanda Yvonne Waldroupe: facts and sources |
| 2023 | State · KS | No direct contact | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | Probation | John Paul Beckwith: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · IN | Not reported | Fentanyl (bought as heroin) | Trial | 40 yrs | Jessica Campbell: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · CA | Acquaintance | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 33.3 yrs | Edwin Oliva: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | 30 yrs | Quentin D. Watson: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit OxyContin pills) | Trial | 25 yrs | Jahvaris Lamoun Springfield: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · OH | Prescriber / patient | Oxycodone; hydrocodone | Plea | 25 yrs | Martin Escobar: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · IA | Partner | Fentanyl | Plea | 24.5 yrs | Antonio Larvell Thomas Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | 20 yrs | Perry Edward Davis: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Methamphetamine | Plea | 20 yrs | Eric Johnathan Hojka: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · NJ | No direct contact | Heroin with fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | George Stokes: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · AZ | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 17 yrs | Alexandro Luis Gomez: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 17 yrs | Virgil Xavier Bordner: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · GA | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 15.7 yrs | DeAngelo Copeland: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 15.7 yrs | Jacob Daniel Pimentel-Hernandez: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · AZ | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Oscar Sun Acuna Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Justin Gale Mata: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · TX | No direct contact | 1,4-butanediol (BDO), which the body converts to GHB | Plea | 15 yrs | Jake Ellis Daughtry: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl; cocaine | Plea | 15 yrs | Jarran Riley: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · AK | No direct contact | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Not reported | 14 yrs | Andre Ronell Brown: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 12.5 yrs | Anthony Souza: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · MT | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 12 yrs | Brandie Rae Fulbright: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Carfentanil (pills) | Plea | 12 yrs | Stuart Mouchantaf: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · WI | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | 12 yrs | Demillion Moore: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · MN | Not reported | Fentanyl (sold as heroin) | Plea | 11.2 yrs | Torisa Sulvoris Wallace: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 11 yrs | Tyron T. Scott: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · NV | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 10 yrs | Daniel Anguiano: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · KY | Not reported | Heroin laced with fentanyl | Plea | 10 yrs | Andrea Gail Smith: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · MO | Not reported | Fentanyl (capsules) | Plea | 8 yrs | Jason Post: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · SD | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 8 yrs | Tarriah Provost: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · LA | No direct contact | Ketamine (drug cocktail) | Plea | 7.3 yrs | William Harrison Farris: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · NJ | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 7 yrs | Shemar Jackson: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · NJ | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 7 yrs | Kahlil Carpenter: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · MN | Not reported | Heroin with fentanyl | Plea | 6.2 yrs | Myles Daniel Hickman: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · IL | Family | Heroin with fentanyl; crack cocaine | Trial | 6 yrs | Christopher Crimaldi: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · IL | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 6 yrs | Stanley J. Rzepka: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · WI | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 6 yrs | Sean D. Siegman: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 6 yrs | Leanna Zamora: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · WI | Not reported | Not specified (drugs) | Not reported | 6 yrs | Jeremiah J. Janke: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · PA | No direct contact | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet pills) | Plea | 5.5 yrs | Francis Nungesser: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · WI | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 5 yrs | Luke John Hansmeyer: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · VT | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Robert Robidoux: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Marissa Metler: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Tasha L. Vargas: facts and sources |
| 2022 | Federal · MS | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Christopher R. Rainey: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · TN | Not reported | Fentanyl and methamphetamine (bought as heroin) | Plea | 4 yrs | Shannon Lee Maxwell: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · WI | Family | Not specified (drugs; headline says heroin) | Plea | 3 yrs | Aaron M. Alverez: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · OR | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet) | Plea | 2 yrs | Matthew Ryan Huemann: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · PA | Friend | Fentanyl-laced heroin | Not reported | 1 yrs | Adam S. Culp: facts and sources |
| 2022 | State · NC | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 0.7 yrs | Tyree Montrel Person: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · MI | Not reported | Fentanyl (sold as heroin) | Trial | Life | Adam Dean Brown: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Heroin | Trial | 40 yrs | Eric DeAngelo Griggs: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · NC | Not reported | Fentanyl (sold as heroin) | Trial | 21 yrs | Shannon White: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · ME | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Scott Adams: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · SC | No direct contact | Fentanyl | Not reported | 20 yrs | Darryl Blunt: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Michael McIntyre: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · VA | Not reported | Heroin | Not reported | 17 yrs | Michael Kerlin: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Hydromorphone (Dilaudid pills) | Plea | 15 yrs | Catherine Ardis: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · PA | Stranger | U-47700; furanyl fentanyl; methoxyacetyl fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | David Landis: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 14 yrs | Christopher Glenn Emison: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · FL | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 14 yrs | Irving Cepeda-Chico: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 14 yrs | Derrick Walker: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · CT | No direct contact | Fentanyl; heroin | Plea | 12.6 yrs | Juan Reyes: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · ME | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 12 yrs | Jennifer Adams: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · MT | Friend | Heroin | Plea | 12 yrs | Brandon Thomas Houdashelt: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · IL | Not reported | Heroin and fentanyl | Plea | 12 yrs | Wasim Rashan: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · TN | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 12 yrs | Hunter Gremillion: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · WV | Not reported | Fentanyl; alprazolam and/or hydrocodone | Not reported | 12 yrs | Brian Sidwell: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · AZ | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 10 yrs | Reyes Luis Holguin: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Not reported | 10 yrs | Joshua Levine: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · FL | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 8 yrs | Austin Smiley: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · DE | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 7.3 yrs | Jose Santana-Gonzalez: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · WA | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 7 yrs | Rosaliana Lopez-Rodriguez: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · MN | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 7 yrs | Jacob Avald Howard: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · GA | No direct contact | Not reported | Plea | 7 yrs | Ashley Sosebee: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · IL | Not reported | Heroin, cocaine and fentanyl | Plea | 6 yrs | Enrico J. Cirelli: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · NH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 5 yrs | Mina R. Fleming: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · OH | Not reported | Methamphetamine with carfentanil; methamphetamine with fentanyl | Plea | 5 yrs | Gina Tasich: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · WA | Former partner | Fentanyl; acetyl fentanyl | Not reported | 4.5 yrs | Jesse S. Dittmar: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · WA | Friend | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet pills) | Not reported | 4 yrs | Ivan Armenta: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · WI | Not reported | Fentanyl (believed to be heroin) | Plea | 4 yrs | Jacquelyn Grignon: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · OH | Partner | Not reported (drug-filled balloons) | Plea | 4 yrs | Latonya Cliff: facts and sources |
| 2021 | State · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 3 yrs | Ronell Cox: facts and sources |
| 2021 | Federal · VA | Acquaintance | MDA (sold as MDMA) | Not reported | 1 yrs | Saad Jalal: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · WV | Not reported | Fentanyl | Trial | Life | Terrick Robinson: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Carl Ravon Watkins: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · TX | No direct contact | Heroin | Plea | 20 yrs | Cynthia Marie Carrasco: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · TN | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Dwayne Tullous: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 20 yrs | Conner Richard Schaeffer: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · NC | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 20 yrs | Otequise Lenard Miller: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · ME | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 19 yrs | Cameron Soto: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · SC | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 15.7 yrs | Caleb Wade Sexton: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 15 yrs | Megan Deshane Daniel: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · IL | No direct contact | Fentanyl (pills) | Plea | 13.3 yrs | Melissa Scanlan: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · CA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 12.3 yrs | Michael Steen: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · SC | Not reported | Fentanyl (sold as heroin) | Plea | 12.1 yrs | Darell Levon Curry: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · VA | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl; acetyl fentanyl | Plea | 12 yrs | James Harold Lichliter: facts and sources |
| 2020 | State · CT | Acquaintance | Fentanyl | Plea | 12 yrs | Angel Gonzalez: facts and sources |
| 2020 | State · PA | Not reported | Heroin; methamphetamine | Plea | 11.5 yrs | Katelyn Marlee Harkins: facts and sources |
| 2020 | State · MI | Not reported | Heroin laced with fentanyl | Not reported | 10 yrs | James Hayes: facts and sources |
| 2020 | State · PA | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 9 yrs | Jarvis L. Mitchell: facts and sources |
| 2020 | State · WA | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 8.3 yrs | Justin O'Brien Miller: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · VA | Not reported | Heroin | Not reported | 7.5 yrs | Jeremy Bruce Jones: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · PA | Not reported | Heroin with fentanyl | Plea | 5.8 yrs | Justin Kromer: facts and sources |
| 2020 | State · PA | Not reported | Heroin laced with fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Jonathan Paul Schufert: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · RI | Courier / broker for a seller | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 2.7 yrs | Robert K. Bell: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · ID | Not reported | Fentanyl (patches); alprazolam | Plea | 2 yrs | Richard E. Wajda: facts and sources |
| 2020 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | — | Frank Moss: facts and sources |
| 2020 | State · ID | Friend | Heroin | Plea | — | Christopher Allen Rhondeau: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · TX | No direct contact | Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills) | Plea | 30 yrs | Alaa Mohammed Allawi: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · KY | Other (see detail) | Fentanyl | Plea | 25 yrs | Kloud Logan Jones: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · TN | Not reported | Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet pills) | Trial | 23 yrs | Jonathan Barrett: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl; heroin | Plea | 23 yrs | Justin McBride: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · MO | Not reported | Acetyl fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Jaleel Zakee Adams: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Heroin | Trial | 16.7 yrs | Michael Stevenson: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · MD | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl; carfentanil | Plea | 15.5 yrs | Keino Ferrez Dorsey: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 15 yrs | Tyler Taylor: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 14 yrs | Pablo Lugo III: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · NY | No direct contact | Heroin with fentanyl | Not reported | 14 yrs | Medin Kosic: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · ND | Not reported | Fentanyl (patch) | Not reported | 12.5 yrs | Kelly Jo Nelsrud: facts and sources |
| 2019 | State · KS | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 12.3 yrs | Michael Bickley: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · WI | Stranger | Fentanyl analogue (nasal spray) | Plea | 12 yrs | Michael Schoenmann: facts and sources |
| 2019 | State · WY | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 12 yrs | Jacob G. Wallentine: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · WV | Not reported | Fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl | Plea | 11.3 yrs | Christopher Tyler: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · DE | No direct contact | Heroin (in capsules) | Not reported | 10 yrs | Jawaan Wallace: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · NC | Not reported | Fentanyl ("China White") | Plea | 10 yrs | Mikkel Mckinnie: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · NM | Prescriber / patient | Methadone (prescriptions) | Plea | 9 yrs | Pawankumar Jain: facts and sources |
| 2019 | State · NJ | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 7 yrs | Jimmy Flakes Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2019 | State · NY | Prescriber / patient | Oxycodone and alprazolam (prescriptions) | Plea | 7 yrs | Lawrence Choy: facts and sources |
| 2019 | State · WI | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 6 yrs | Shannon M. Carlson: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · VA | Not reported | 1,4-butanediol (a GHB analogue) | Plea | 5 yrs | Michael Napier: facts and sources |
| 2019 | State · IL | Not reported | Alprazolam (Xanax) | Plea | 4 yrs | Jacob N. Reis: facts and sources |
| 2019 | State · WI | Not reported | Heroin | Not reported | 4 yrs | Jason L. Thompson: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · NC | Not reported | Fentanyl (pills advertised as oxycodone) | Plea | 3 yrs | Anthony P. Tognietti: facts and sources |
| 2019 | Federal · CT | Not reported | Heroin and fentanyl | Plea | 2 yrs | Christopher Feliciano: facts and sources |
| 2019 | State · WI | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 1 yrs | Mikquel D. Severson: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · FL | Stranger | Fentanyl analogues | Trial | Life | Jeremy Achey: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · IA | Other (see detail) | Heroin | Trial | Life | Richard Leroy Parker: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · CA | Friend | Acetyl fentanyl | Plea | 26 yrs | Adam Scott Caward: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · IL | Not reported | Heroin | Trial | 24 yrs | Dwight Musson: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · CO | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 20 yrs | Marco Castro-Cruz: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · OH | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Richard R. Edwards: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · MI | Social setting (host) | Heroin | Trial | 15 yrs | Leslie Metcalfe: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · CA | No direct contact | Oxycodone (prescriptions) | Plea | 13.3 yrs | Daniel Cham: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · CO | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 10.1 yrs | Jessica Rud: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl; heroin | Plea | 10 yrs | Henry T. Little-Proctor: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · MD | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 10 yrs | Karon Elijah Peoples: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · IL | Not reported | Fentanyl (sold as heroin) | Plea | 10 yrs | Aaron Moore: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · MI | Not reported | Heroin with fentanyl | Plea | 9 yrs | Lori Ann Pangborn: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · OH | No direct contact | Heroin; cocaine | Plea | 7 yrs | Jamie Curtis: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · ME | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 6 yrs | Trevor Tompkins: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · VA | Not reported | Heroin with fentanyl | Plea | 4.9 yrs | Erin Apgar: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · IL | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 4 yrs | Eric P. Anthony: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · WA | Friend | Heroin | Plea | 4 yrs | Brandon J. Sotelo: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · NC | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 3.9 yrs | Jonathan Alan Foster: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · CT | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl; furanyl fentanyl | Plea | 3.8 yrs | Christopher Barreto: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · CO | Not reported | Heroin laced with fentanyl | Plea | 3 yrs | Dennis John Tierney: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · MD | Family | Heroin (death from fentanyl overdose) | Trial | 3 yrs | Justeen Whittaker: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 3 yrs | Lauren Spencer: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 2 yrs | Derek T. Gardner: facts and sources |
| 2018 | State · NC | Not reported | Acrylfentanyl (bought as heroin) | Not reported | 1.4 yrs | Hunter McCrae Morgan: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · PA | Friend | Fentanyl | Not reported | Probation | Jacob Palaski: facts and sources |
| 2018 | Federal · VA | Not reported | Heroin | Trial | — | Leroy Perdue: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · KY | Not reported | Fentanyl; heroin | Plea | Life | Navarius Westberry: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · VA | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | Life | Terry Glenn Williams Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Leroy Shuarod Steele: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · VA | No direct contact | Heroin with fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Robert Alan Durkee: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · TX | Not reported | Furanyl fentanyl | Plea | 20 yrs | Brian Landon Brown: facts and sources |
| 2017 | State · NH | Not reported | Methadone | Plea | 15 yrs | Amy Matton: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 12 yrs | Roosevelt Williams: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · OH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 12 yrs | David Andrew Hollis: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · NH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 12 yrs | Kenneth Chapman: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · PA | Not reported | Fentanyl | Not reported | 12 yrs | Jocquinn Lamont Harris: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · OR | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 11.3 yrs | Channing Lacey: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · NV | Prescriber / patient | Oxycodone (prescriptions) | Not reported | 10 yrs | Robert Gene Rand: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · FL | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Not reported | 8.5 yrs | Travis Reshard Preston: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · CT | No direct contact | Heroin | Plea | 8 yrs | Ramon Gomez: facts and sources |
| 2017 | State · OH | Not reported | Heroin; fentanyl | Plea | 6 yrs | Paris Leigh Hatton: facts and sources |
| 2017 | State · IL | Friend | Heroin laced with fentanyl | Plea | 6 yrs | Amanda Guarneri: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · CT | No direct contact | Heroin | Plea | 5.2 yrs | Nestor Santana: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · CT | Social setting (host) | Heroin; cocaine | Plea | 5 yrs | Paul Mignani: facts and sources |
| 2017 | State · OH | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 5 yrs | Roderick Means: facts and sources |
| 2017 | State · MN | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 4.4 yrs | Jordan Flugum: facts and sources |
| 2017 | State · CA | Prescriber / patient | Prescription narcotics (hundreds of pills) | Not reported | 4 yrs | Jasna Mrdjen: facts and sources |
| 2017 | State · CA | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 3 yrs | Ryan Tepezano: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · CT | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 2.5 yrs | Yacov Ocasio: facts and sources |
| 2017 | Federal · CT | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 2.5 yrs | Raymond J. Gordon: facts and sources |
| 2017 | State · VT | Not reported | Heroin with fentanyl | Plea | — | Tianna K. Fronsman: facts and sources |
| 2016 | State · LA | Partner | Heroin | Trial | Life | Jarret McCasland: facts and sources |
| 2016 | State · NH | Friend | Heroin laced with fentanyl | Plea | 15 yrs | Benjamin Bundy: facts and sources |
| 2016 | Federal · KY | Other (see detail) | Fentanyl; morphine | Plea | 13.3 yrs | Lisa Lattimore: facts and sources |
| 2016 | State · WI | Not reported | Heroin | Trial | 12 yrs | Robert D. Smith: facts and sources |
| 2016 | State · NH | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 10 yrs | Kevin Manchester: facts and sources |
| 2016 | State · MN | Not reported | Synthetic LSD | Plea | 9 yrs | Tyler Caputo: facts and sources |
| 2016 | State · OH | Partner | Fentanyl | Plea | 7 yrs | Steven Lay: facts and sources |
| 2016 | Federal · MO | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 7 yrs | Kyle Turner: facts and sources |
| 2016 | State · NH | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 5.5 yrs | Daniel Fogg: facts and sources |
| 2016 | Federal · TX | Other (see detail) | Heroin | Plea | 5 yrs | Glen William Brunton: facts and sources |
| 2016 | State · NJ | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 5 yrs | Paul Robinson: facts and sources |
| 2016 | Federal · MD | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 4 yrs | Nathaniel Wright Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2016 | Federal · CT | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 3 yrs | Reginald Miles Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2016 | Federal · CT | No direct contact | Heroin | Plea | 2.8 yrs | Rudy Hernandez: facts and sources |
| 2016 | Federal · CT | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 2.5 yrs | Jonathan Fisher: facts and sources |
| 2016 | Federal · CT | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 1 yrs | Christopher Fogler: facts and sources |
| 2016 | Federal · CO | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | Probation | Jacquelynn Bradley: facts and sources |
| 2015 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 30.4 yrs | Ramon Cortez Freeman: facts and sources |
| 2015 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Fentanyl; heroin | Not reported | 30 yrs | Peter N. Militello: facts and sources |
| 2015 | Federal · MI | Not reported | Fentanyl | Plea | 22.5 yrs | Senecca Keily Freeman: facts and sources |
| 2015 | Federal · IL | Not reported | Heroin | Trial | 20 yrs | Richard J. Klemis: facts and sources |
| 2015 | Federal · OR | No direct contact | Heroin | Not reported | 15 yrs | Sergio Quezada-Lopez: facts and sources |
| 2015 | State · GA | Friend | Heroin | Plea | 12 yrs | Cory Ben-Hanania: facts and sources |
| 2015 | Federal · WV | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 10 yrs | Keith A. Watson: facts and sources |
| 2015 | State · OH | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 6 yrs | Sara Isaac: facts and sources |
| 2015 | Federal · CT | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 5.4 yrs | Ryan Russow: facts and sources |
| 2015 | State · OH | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 4.5 yrs | Brian Hawk: facts and sources |
| 2015 | State · OH | Acquaintance | Heroin | Plea | 3 yrs | Tracy Vanhorn: facts and sources |
| 2014 | Federal · VA | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 22 yrs | Tyler Christian Clements: facts and sources |
| 2014 | Federal · AL | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 20 yrs | Harold Donnell Mims: facts and sources |
| 2014 | Federal · KY | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 20 yrs | Timothy Tingle-Brown: facts and sources |
| 2014 | Federal · ND | Not reported | Controlled substance analogues (synthetic hallucinogen) | Plea | 17.5 yrs | Andrew Michael Spofford: facts and sources |
| 2014 | Federal · NY | Not reported | Oxymorphone | Plea | 10 yrs | Craig Oleksowicz: facts and sources |
| 2014 | Federal · MD | Not reported | Heroin | Not reported | 10 yrs | Kenneth Charles Diggins: facts and sources |
| 2014 | State · OK | Prescriber / patient | Lortab, Xanax, Soma and oxycodone (prescriptions) | Plea | 8 yrs | William Martin Valuck: facts and sources |
| 2014 | State · WI | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 7 yrs | Milton Moore: facts and sources |
| 2014 | Federal · VT | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 6.3 yrs | Joshua Rose: facts and sources |
| 2014 | Federal · IA | Prescriber / patient | Hydrocodone (prescriptions) | Plea | 5 yrs | Lafayette James Twyner Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2014 | State · WA | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | — | Lucy Lillian Pearson: facts and sources |
| 2013 | Federal · KS | Not reported | Hydrocodone; methadone; carisoprodol | Not reported | 25 yrs | Connie Edwards: facts and sources |
| 2013 | Federal · MO | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 20 yrs | Ellison Lee Hutchison Jr.: facts and sources |
| 2013 | Federal · IL | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 15 yrs | Tyrone L. Adams: facts and sources |
| 2013 | Federal · IL | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 10 yrs | Cara L. Moss: facts and sources |
| 2013 | State · WI | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 5 yrs | Willie D. DeGroot: facts and sources |
| 2012 | State · WI | Not reported | Heroin | Not reported | 12 yrs | Joseph Lengling: facts and sources |
| 2012 | State · WA | Not reported | Heroin | Trial | 10 yrs | Jerome Otto: facts and sources |
| 2012 | Federal · IA | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 4.3 yrs | Melissa Edwards: facts and sources |
| 2012 | State · MD | Partner | Heroin and cocaine | Plea | 0.9 yrs | Chasity Kline: facts and sources |
| 2011 | State · WI | Not reported | Morphine; an anti-anxiety drug | Not reported | 1.5 yrs | Craig Harp: facts and sources |
| 2010 | State · IL | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 6 yrs | Kyle B. Hayes: facts and sources |
| — | Federal · SD | No direct contact | Fentanyl (pills) | Not reported | 20 yrs | Udda Kobaba: facts and sources |
| — | State · MI | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 12 yrs | Leland A. MacQuarrie Jr.: facts and sources |
| — | Federal · ND | Not reported | Synthetic hallucinogen (powder mixed into chocolate) | Plea | 11.3 yrs | Adam Budge: facts and sources |
| — | State · IL | Not reported | Heroin | Plea | 7.5 yrs | Joseph W. Crisara III: facts and sources |
| — | State · IL | Not reported | Fentanyl analogue; heroin; phentermine | Plea | 6 yrs | Krystle Hoffman: facts and sources |
| — | Federal · DE | Not reported | Heroin (in capsules) | Not reported | 4.3 yrs | Rodney Cox: facts and sources |
| — | State · IN | Friend | Heroin (death from fentanyl and morphine toxicity) | Plea | 4 yrs | Trent Weaver: facts and sources |
| — | State · PA | Not reported | Not reported | Plea | 3.5 yrs | Timothy Edward Laver: facts and sources |
| — | State · NC | Partner | Fentanyl (pill sold as Percocet) | Plea | 1.3 yrs | Nicholas Ivey: facts and sources |
| — | State · MN | Partner | Heroin | Not reported | 1 yrs | Melanie Razo: facts and sources |
Each row opens a case page with the facts and sources.
Method and limits
The goal is a complete record: every prosecution in the United States in which someone was charged with causing another person’s overdose death, in federal and state courts, from the earliest cases to the newest. Cases are drawn from:
- announcements by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorneys
- announcements by state and county prosecutors, and court records
- news reporting
- Dr. Hancock’s own case files and research
- cases sent in by families, lawyers and researchers
A case is published only after its sources have been opened and checked against the details shown. Every case links to at least one public source. The names of people who died are never shown.
What this can’t tell you yet.
- It is not yet a complete count. No public register of these prosecutions exists, so each case has to be found and checked one by one, and some are never announced at all.
- State cases are often reported only locally, so they take longer to find.
- The figures above describe the cases published so far, not a random sample, and they will change as cases are added.
Use this data
The full dataset is available to researchers and institutions under licence. Contact gdweise@hancockonaddiction.org.
How to cite
Hancock, G.D. Drug-induced homicide case database. https://www.hancockonaddiction.org/research/cases/ (accessed [date]).
Submit a case
Know of a case that belongs here? Send the defendant’s name and a link to a public source, such as a court record, a Justice Department release or a news report, through the contact page.