Xavier Robledo was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that caused overdoses in two people, killing one of them in the South Bay, according to federal prosecutors.
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“M30 pills sold on the street are often laced with fentanyl, a cheap and deadly substitute,” Hinds said in a news release. “These counterfeit pills mimic Oxycodone, but they can be killers in disguise. The mismeasurement of even a microgram of fentanyl can have lethal consequences. We urge all to stay away from fentanyl sold on the street in any form it takes.”“The death and destruction caused by fentanyl knows no boundaries,” Shannon said.
Federal prosecutors said the pills caused “Individual 1” to suffer a fentanyl overdose, and law enforcement officers found him in an unresponsive state. Fortunately, the man was later able to recover from his overdose. Robledo further admitted in early May 2020, he again sold a counterfeit M30 that he knew contained fentanylRobledo knew “Individual 2” because two weeks earlier he had sold and delivered drugs to him at a drug rehabilitation facility.
In the early May sale, Robledo arranged the sale to “Individual 2” using cell phone messages and delivered the M30 to his house. A few hours later the man ingested the M30 pill. It caused him to overdose fatally on fentanyl.In addition to the 96 month prison term, U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman ordered Robledo to pay restitution for, among other things, the funeral costs.
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