Case DIH-0878

Dominic Jackson

Federal · Kentucky · Sentenced 2024

Sold fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl to a person in Boone County, Kentucky, who was found dead the same day in November 2021; arrested after police used the victim's phone to order more. Ordered to pay $7,243 toward burial costs.

Court
Federal, Eastern District of Kentucky
State
Kentucky
Year of death
2021
Year sentenced
2024
Drugs
Fentanyl; para-fluorofentanyl
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
Not reported
Conviction
Distribution of fentanyl resulting in death
Plea or trial
Plea
Sentence
240 months imprisonment
Found through
Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026

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

Sources

  1. justice.govCincinnati man sentenced 20 years distributing fentanyl resulted death

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