SAN DIEGO—A San Diego resident who sold fentanyl pills to another man, resulting in the victim’s fatal overdose, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Feb. 14. Jahvaris Lamoun Springfield, 32, was convicted by a federal jury in August of a count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death for selling the pills that killed 26-year-old Brendan James Gallagher on Feb. 5, 2019. Prosecutors say that Gallagher sent text messages to Springfield seeking to buy oxycontin on that same day. Two counterfeit oxycontin pills that tested positive for fentanyl were later found in Gallagher’s bedroom and a “fatal concentration of fentanyl” was found in his blood during an autopsy, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Springfield was arrested a few weeks later, and agents found pills in his car that tested positive for fentanyl, according to the prosecution. According to court papers, Gallagher was a Boston native who …
San Diego Man Gets 25 Years for Selling Fentanyl Pills, Leading to Fatal Overdose
February 14, 2022
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