Case DIH-1928
Justin Wu
Gave five small blue pills containing fentanyl to an 18-year-old U.S. Marine in Waikiki, Hawaii, on November 9, 2021; the Marine died of fentanyl toxicity the next day, and the judge found the distribution contributed to the death.
- Court
- Federal, District of Hawaii
- State
- Hawaii
- Year of death
- 2021
- Year sentenced
- 2025
- Drugs
- Fentanyl (pills)
- Conduct
- Unknown
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution of pills containing fentanyl (death resulted); possession of cocaine with intent to distribute
- Plea or trial
- Not reported in reviewed source
- Sentence
- 120 months in prison
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Hawaii’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Hawaii in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govWaikiki drug dealer who distributed fentanyl pills linked us marines death sentenced 10
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