Fairbanks man gets 14 years in prison for distributing pills that killed 21-year-old

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A Fairbanks man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for distributing pills containing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Department of Justice reported that 48-year-old Andre Ronell Brown, of Fairbanks, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for the distribution of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl.

“Distributing counterfeit Oxycodone pills is a particularly insidious crime because the consumer is misled about how potent or potentially lethal they are,” U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. said in the press release. “When the pills are laced with fentanyl — as most are — the predictable outcome is a potentially deadly overdose.

 

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