Tianna K. Fronsman

One of three people charged in the December 2016 heroin and fentanyl overdose death of a 35-year-old Bennington, Vermont, woman. The woman's sister, Emily Welch, who provided the drugs, was also convicted.

Court

State, Bennington County

State

Vermont

Year of death

2016

Year sentenced

2017

Drugs

Heroin with fentanyl

Conduct

Commercial sale

Relationship

Not reported

Conviction

Selling a regulated drug with death resulting; heroin sale; heroin possession (plea)

Plea or trial

Plea

Sentence

Up to two years in prison and a five-to-10-year suspended sentence

Found through

State prosecutor and news search, October 2026

This case was brought under Vermont law. For what that law says, see Vermont in the state law guide.

Sources

1. web.archive.org

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