Case DIH-0577
Tyler Taylor
Sold fentanyl in Rochester in May 2018 that led to a person's overdose death; officers later found about 655 decks of fentanyl and a gun where he was arrested.
- Court
- Federal, Western District of New York
- State
- New York
- Year of death
- 2018
- Year sentenced
- 2019
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Possession with intent to distribute fentanyl; possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking
- Plea or trial
- Not reported in reviewed source
- Sentence
- 180 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what New York’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see New York in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govRochester man sentenced selling fentanyl led death
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