Case DIH-1937
Andre Ronell Brown
Supplied two counterfeit 30 mg oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, through a co-conspirator, to a 21-year-old man in Fairbanks, Alaska, on October 26, 2020; he was found dead two days later, and the medical examiner found that the fentanyl was in the pills that originated with Brown.
- Court
- Federal, District of Alaska
- State
- Alaska
- Year of death
- 2020
- Year sentenced
- 2022
- Drugs
- Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills)
- Conduct
- Upstream supplier
- Relationship
- No direct contact
- Conviction
- Distribution of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl resulting in death
- Plea or trial
- Not reported in reviewed source
- Sentence
- 14 years in prison
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Alaska’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Alaska in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govFairbanks man sentenced 14 years prison
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