SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 25-year-old man was sentenced Feb. 13 to 14 years in federal prison for dealing a baggie of Fentanyl in Costa Mesa to a 22-year-old woman, who overdosed and died in Huntington Beach.
Matthew Benjamin Hurley of Virginia told U.S. District Judge James Selna that the defendant’s own “selfish addiction” to drugs led him to deal Fentanyl to Rose Avelar on Aug. 3, 2020, in the parking lot of a Travelodge motel in Costa Mesa. Hurley pleaded guilty Sept. 19 to possession with the intent to distribute Fentanyl, which resulted in a death.
Prosecutors argued for 210 months in federal prison. Hurley’s attorney, Sam Cross, argued for 10 years….