Case DIH-2050
Andrew Michael Spofford
A Fargo, North Dakota, man in Operation Stolen Youth, an online business that imported a synthetic psychedelic and sold it nationwide; he helped distribute it in the Grand Forks area and pleaded guilty to counts including conspiracy and analogue distribution resulting in death.
- Court
- Federal, District of North Dakota
- State
- North Dakota
- Year sentenced
- 2014
- Drugs
- Controlled substance analogues (synthetic hallucinogen)
- Conduct
- Unknown
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and analogues resulting in serious bodily injury and death; analogue distribution resulting in death; related counts
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 17.5 years in prison
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what North Dakota’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see North Dakota in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govFargo man sentenced 17 years synthetic drug conspiracy
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