Case DIH-0082
Darnell Julio Mendez
With his then girlfriend, co-defendant Samantha Yi, sold fentanyl to a woman whose 10-month-old baby died after ingesting it.
- Court
- Federal, Southern District of Florida
- State
- Florida
- Year of death
- 2022
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Upstream supplier
- Relationship
- No direct contact
- Conviction
- Conspiracy; distribution of fentanyl resulting in death; possession with intent to distribute; felon in possession
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 360 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release survey 2020–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Florida’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Florida in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govFour people sentenced prison distributing fentanyl
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