Case DIH-1444
Michael Tyler Britt
Sold the fentanyl that killed an 83-year-old woman found unresponsive in her New Hanover County, North Carolina, home in December 2024; he lived less than 300 feet away.
- Court
- State, New Hanover County
- State
- North Carolina
- Year of death
- 2024
- Year sentenced
- 2025
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Death by distribution
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 7 to 9½ years in prison
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under North Carolina law. For what that law says, see North Carolina in the state law guide.
Sources
- wect.comNew hanover county man sentenced fentanyl death by distribution
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.