Case DIH-0953
Federico Rosario
Sold a 17-year-old in Scranton what he said was cocaine in August 2021; within half an hour the boy messaged him asking what was in it because it had him "spinning," got no reply, and was found dead in his room the next morning. The powder was cocaine mixed with fentanyl.
- Court
- Federal, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Year of death
- 2021
- Year sentenced
- 2025
- Drugs
- Fentanyl (in cocaine)
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Drug distribution resulting in death; possession with intent to distribute (three counts)
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- 288 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
- justice.govScranton man sentenced 24 years prison drug distribution resulting death
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