Case DIH-0620
James Harold Lichliter
Redistributed heroin, at times mixed with fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl, that Craig and Norma Kidwell brought to Shenandoah County from a Maryland network beginning in 2017; the drugs caused one fatal and one non-fatal overdose.
- Court
- Federal, Western District of Virginia
- State
- Virginia
- Year sentenced
- 2020
- Drugs
- Heroin; fentanyl; acetyl fentanyl
- Conduct
- Unknown
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution and possession with intent to distribute resulting in death and serious bodily injury
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 144 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Virginia’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Virginia in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govTwo sentenced roles maryland virginia heroin pipeline resulted fatal overdose
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