Case DIH-0447
Jacob Palaski
Gave his friend 10 stamp bags of fentanyl in July 2016; the friend died of an overdose the next day. The judge lengthened his probation because a death resulted.
- Court
- Federal, Western District of Pennsylvania
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Year of death
- 2016
- Year sentenced
- 2018
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Unknown
- Relationship
- Friend
- Conviction
- Federal drug violation
- Plea or trial
- Not reported in reviewed source
- Sentence
- 5 years' probation, with weekends in jail during the first year
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Pennsylvania’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Pennsylvania in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govSouth park man sentenced distributing fentanyl caused his friend s death
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