Case DIH-0086
Irving Cepeda-Chico
Sold fentanyl-laced heroin across central and northern Florida; at sentencing the court found one sale caused a buyer's fatal overdose in 2019 and raised the sentence for it.
- Court
- Federal, Middle District of Florida
- State
- Florida
- Year of death
- 2019
- Year sentenced
- 2021
- Drugs
- Heroin; fentanyl
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution of controlled substances (12 counts); conspiracy
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 168 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.govHeroin and fentanyl dealer sentenced fourteen years prison drug conspiracy resulting
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