Case DIH-0662

Ivan Armenta

Federal · Washington · Sentenced 2021

A Navy sailor who bought counterfeit Percocet pills containing fentanyl and shared them with four fellow sailors after being warned they were causing fatal overdoses; one sailor was found dead aboard a Navy ship in April 2020. Separated from the Navy.

Court
Federal, Western District of Washington
State
Washington
Year of death
2020
Year sentenced
2021
Drugs
Fentanyl (counterfeit Percocet pills)
Conduct
Share
Relationship
Friend
Conviction
Distribution of fentanyl
Plea or trial
Not reported in reviewed source
Sentence
48 months imprisonment
Found through
Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026

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

Sources

  1. justice.govFormer navy sailor sentenced prison distributing deadly fentanyl pills

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