LOS ANGELES—An Orange County man was sentenced May 5 to 20 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose deaths of two victims—one in Aliso Viejo, the other in Utah—within six weeks of each other.
Jason Soheili, 28, of Laguna Hills, pleaded guilty in December in Los Angeles to two counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. He has been in federal custody since May 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
In January and February of 2021, Soheili exchanged text messages with a Utah-based victim—identified in court papers as J.N.—regarding the shipment of fentanyl pills. J.N. instructed Soheili to address the package containing the pills to an alias at an address in Fillmore, Utah….