A longtime donor to prominent Democrats was sentenced on April 14 to 30 years in prison.
Edward Buck, 67, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder approximately nine months after he was found guilty of nine felony counts involving the overdose deaths of two men.
“This defendant preyed upon vulnerable victims—men who were drug-dependent and often without homes—to feed an obsession that led to death and misery,” U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Tracy Wilkison said in a statement.
“Mr. Buck continues to pose a clear danger to society, as evidenced by him continuing to lure men to his apartment, even after he killed two men with lethal methamphetamine injections. The sentence imposed today will protect other potential victims and hopefully will bring some solace to the families of two men who needlessly died in Mr. Buck’s apartment,” Wilkison added.
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