Case DIH-1819

Javyn Johnson

Federal · Kansas · Sentenced 2023

Sold a 29-year-old Wichita woman two pills she thought were Percocet in August 2019; she was found dead at home the same day after taking one, of fentanyl toxicity. His plea agreement acknowledges he gave her the fentanyl that caused her death, though he said he did not know the pills contained it.

Court
Federal, District of Kansas
State
Kansas
Year of death
2019
Year sentenced
2023
Drugs
Fentanyl (pills sold as Percocet)
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
Not reported
Conviction
Distribution of fentanyl (death resulted)
Plea or trial
Plea
Sentence
15 years in prison
Found through
State prosecutor and news search, October 2026

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

Sources

  1. foxkansas.comWichita man sentenced to 15 yrs for 2019 fentanyl death
  2. justice.govWichita man pleads guilty fentanyl distribution

Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.

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