Case DIH-0319

Nathaniel Wright Jr.

Federal · Maryland · Sentenced 2016

Sold heroin to a customer in the Gaithersburg area who died of an overdose.

Court
Federal, District of Maryland
State
Maryland
Year sentenced
2016
Drugs
Heroin
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
Not reported
Conviction
Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin
Plea or trial
Plea
Sentence
48 months imprisonment
Found through
Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026

This was a federal prosecution. For what Maryland’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Maryland in the state law guide.

Sources

  1. justice.govGaithersburg man sentenced prison selling heroin customer who died overdose

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