A drug dealer from Cincinnati has been ordered to pay the funeral expenses for a user who overdosed—as part of his sentence.
Included in that sentence was an order for Chandler to pay more than $9,000 in funeral costs.
Those costs count as restitution for the overdose death that directly resulted from Chandler’s drug distribution.
The fentanyl was traced back to Chandler after drug task forces from Campbell County, Hamilton County, and the DEA began investigating the overdose. The teen’s name was not provided by authorities.
According to WLWT, the overdose took place on April 20, 2016. The victim died after he ingested the fentanyl.
When a search warrant was executed at Chandler’s home on Lowell Avenue, Cincinnati, investigators found 28 grams of cocaine, a handgun, ammunition, and other miscellaneous drug gear.
In May this year, Chandler pleaded guilty to six drug distribution charges. This month he was sentenced in a federal court.
On Saturday, Oct. 28, Long Island authorities announced the seizure of 750 grams of fentanyl from a home in Mastic Beach.
According to Sini, authorities seized enough to serve 1 million doses on the street.
“That’s potentially enough fentanyl to kill hundreds of thousands of individuals,” he told CBS.
Pharmaceutical fentanyl is a synthetic opioid painkiller, approved for treating severe pain, typically advanced cancer pain.
Apart from the deadly chemical, authorities also seized $7,400 in cash, numerous 9 mm rounds, two cellphones, and a 2007 Mercedes Benz, police said.
Sini said his department worked with the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, and the U.S. Postal Service.
Police arrested three men at the home, one of them, Corey Robinson, 24, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. Thomas Moore, 41, and Daequane Rickenbacker, 25, were also arrested.
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