Case DIH-0925

Garry W. Triplett

Federal · Missouri · Sentenced 2024

Supplied at least three grams each of fentanyl and methamphetamine, through an intermediary, to St. Francois County jail inmate Timothy L. Noll, hidden in a Bible; the drugs killed Noll's cellmate in August 2021.

Court
Federal, Eastern District of Missouri
State
Missouri
Year of death
2021
Year sentenced
2024
Drugs
Fentanyl; methamphetamine
Conduct
Upstream supplier
Relationship
No direct contact
Conviction
Conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death; distribution of a controlled substance
Plea or trial
Plea
Sentence
192 months imprisonment
Found through
Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026

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

Sources

  1. justice.govMan who supplied drugs killed jail inmate sentenced 16 years prison

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