Case DIH-0670

Derrick Walker

Federal · Pennsylvania · Sentenced 2021

Sold stamp bags of fentanyl labeled "Pray for Death" to a man in June 2019, arranged by text; the man was found dead the next day with the opened bags beside him. Accepted responsibility for the death in his plea.

Court
Federal, Western District of Pennsylvania
State
Pennsylvania
Year of death
2019
Year sentenced
2021
Drugs
Fentanyl
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
Not reported
Conviction
Drug trafficking and firearms offenses
Plea or trial
Plea
Sentence
168 months imprisonment
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

  1. justice.govMckeesport man sentenced 14 years prison causing overdose death firearms offenses

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