A former Long Beach first responder was sentenced on June 14 to over 29 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl to two coworkers, which resulted in one’s death, authorities said.
Cruz Noel Quintero, 43, of Long Beach, was found guilty in September 2022 on counts of distributing fentanyl resulting in death, possessing machine guns and unregistered firearms, maintaining a drug-involved premise, and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, according to a June 14 press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Quintero operated a reckless and callous drug trafficking business that repeatedly endangered people’s lives and ultimately killed [the victim],” prosecutors said in a sentencing memorandum….