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Sarah Katherine Magid, 34, has been charged with distributing fentanyl that resulted in serious bodily injury and the death of a victim, according to a criminal complaint that was unsealed this week in District Court.
Magid, a first-grade teacher at a Montgomery County school was arrested in August following a search and seizure warrant by the DEA and local police at her Burtonsville home following an investigation into a March 2024 overdose.
An autopsy later determined that the DC man's cause of death was fentanyl toxicity.
According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, following the man's death, it was determined that he was in Maryland in the days leading to his death, and during the investigation, it was discovered that a person named "Sarah" had been in contact with the victim.
"Sarah" was later identified as Magid.
Court documents state that an analysis of the victim's phone revealed the text conversation between he and Magid before a subsequent meeting between the two.
"The messages uncovered a drug transaction involving pills that had been pressed to appear like oxycodone hydrochloride 30 mg pills but actually contained fentanyl," authorities said.
It was later determined that in July 2024, there was a complaint reported to police that Magid exited her classroom to sell drugs to people outside of the school, court documents state.
Law enforcement subsequently identified text messages from Magid’s phone indicating that she dealt drugs during work hours.
If convicted, Magid resident faces a mandatory minimum term of 20 years imprisonment up to a maximum sentence of life in federal prison for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
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