Case DIH-0855
Jonathan Bash
Sold para-fluorofentanyl, a fentanyl analogue he said was ketamine, to a young man in Chattanooga who shared it with his 19-year-old girlfriend; both overdosed, and she died.
- Court
- Federal, Eastern District of Tennessee
- State
- Tennessee
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Para-fluorofentanyl (sold as ketamine)
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- No direct contact
- Conviction
- Distribution of para-fluorofentanyl resulting in death
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 252 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Tennessee’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Tennessee in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govJonathan bash sentenced 21 years imprisonment distribution fentanyl analogue resulting
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