Case DIH-0866
Billy Ray Trueblood II
Had sold drugs since college to a man in his early thirties who became addicted to opioids after taking painkillers for athletic injuries; the man arranged by text to buy "blues" and died of fentanyl in March 2019. Police spotted Trueblood on television at a Trail Blazers game and arrested him there.
- Court
- Federal, District of Oregon
- State
- Oregon
- Year of death
- 2019
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills)
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution of fentanyl
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 41 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Oregon’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Oregon in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govBeaverton man sentenced federal prison role fatal fentanyl overdose
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