Case DIH-1590
Jason Canady
Bought fentanyl smuggled into the Pinellas County Jail in Florida from another inmate and passed it to a jail trusty, who gave it to a 37-year-old inmate who died on February 10, 2024.
- Court
- State, Pinellas County
- State
- Florida
- Year of death
- 2024
- Year sentenced
- 2026
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Intermediary
- Relationship
- No direct contact
- Conviction
- Plea agreement (indicted for first-degree murder; the conviction is not named in the source)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 25 years in prison
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under Florida law. For what that law says, see Florida in the state law guide.
Sources
- tampabay.comPinellas county jail drugs fentanyl overdose death
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.