Case DIH-2074

Zachary Northey

Federal · Nebraska · Sentenced 2023

A Lincoln, Nebraska, man who distributed heroin from November 2018 to January 2019; one of his customers overdosed twice and was revived, and after he delivered heroin to that person again on January 8, 2019, the customer overdosed a third time and died.

Court
Federal, District of Nebraska
State
Nebraska
Year of death
2019
Year sentenced
2023
Drugs
Heroin
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
Not reported
Conviction
Distribution of heroin
Plea or trial
Not reported in reviewed source
Sentence
110 months in prison
Found through
Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026

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

Sources

  1. justice.govZachary northey 30 lincoln nebraska was sentenced today federal court lincoln

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