Case DIH-0480
Richard R. Edwards
Admitted that heroin and fentanyl he sold caused a Columbus man's non-fatal overdose in August 2016 and a Columbus woman's fatal overdose in December 2016.
- Court
- Federal, Southern District of Ohio
- State
- Ohio
- Year of death
- 2016
- Year sentenced
- 2018
- Drugs
- Heroin; fentanyl
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution of heroin (death or serious bodily injury resulted)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 180 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Ohio’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Ohio in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govColumbus man sentenced 15 years prison dealing lethal heroin fentanyl mix
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