Case DIH-0253
Jesse S. Dittmar
Mailed fentanyl to his former girlfriend, who had moved in with her brother in Seattle. She died in January 2019, less than a day after texting him that she had used some and felt unwell. The judge called mailing fentanyl reckless.
- Court
- Federal, Western District of Washington
- State
- Washington
- Year of death
- 2019
- Year sentenced
- 2021
- Drugs
- Fentanyl; acetyl fentanyl
- Conduct
- Gift
- Relationship
- Former partner
- Conviction
- Distribution of fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl
- Plea or trial
- Not reported in reviewed source
- Sentence
- 54 months
- Found through
- Hancock case files
This was a federal prosecution. For what Washington’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Washington in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govPennsylvania man who mailed deadly fentanyl seattle area woman sentenced more 4 years
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