SAN DIEGO—Two Poway residents were sentenced to federal prison terms Dec. 2 for supplying the fentanyl that led to a local firefighter’s fatal overdose.
Justin Gale Mata, 41, and Everett Justin Curtis, 48, pleaded guilty to providing the drugs that killed Brian M. Parrish, a firefighter with Cal Fire in San Diego County. Mata received a 15-year sentence, while Curtis was sentenced to 12 years and seven months.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, text messages showed Curtis and Parrish discussed the drug purchase on Jan. 30, 2021, then drove together to a casino to meet Mata, who sold Parrish the fentanyl.
Parrish died the following morning at the age of 43….