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Dealer From DC Who Sold Fentanyl Leading To Fatal Overdose In Maryland Gets Lengthy Sentence Dealer From DC Who Sold Fentanyl Leading To Fatal Overdose In Maryland Gets Lengthy Sentence
Dealer From DC Who Sold Fentanyl Leading To Fatal Overdose In Maryland Gets Lengthy Sentence A man previously linked to a shooting in St. Mary's County has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for distributing the fentanyl that caused a fatal overdose, the state's attorney's office announced. Darrick Monte Evans, 45, now living in Washington, DC, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for selling fentanyl stamped as Oxycodone, leading to the deadly incident.  Prosecutors say that in March 2022, Evans distributed the misbranded fentanyl to a user who overdosed and died.  An autopsy later determined that the cause of death was fentanyl intoxication, and through…

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