Case DIH-0072
Jerrard Santiago
Sold fentanyl-laced cocaine to a 22-year-old in a casino restroom; the young man collapsed on the casino floor and died 11 days later.
- Court
- Federal, District of Connecticut
- State
- Connecticut
- Year of death
- 2021
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Possession with intent to distribute and distribution of controlled substance (2 counts)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 96 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release survey 2020–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Connecticut’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Connecticut in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govNew haven man who sold fentanyl laced cocaine overdose victim sentenced 8 years federal
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