Drug Dealer Sentenced 13 Years for San Diego Woman’s Fentanyl Overdose Death

Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference regarding a major drug bust, at the office of the New York Attorney General, in New York City, on Sept. 23, 2016. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

SAN DIEGO—A drug dealer who supplied fentanyl that led to a San Diego woman’s overdose death was sentenced today to 13 years in prison, it was announced Nov. 19.

Tony Davis, 65, of San Diego, pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal charges for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin to a street-level dealer, who in turn sold the drugs that caused the Oct. 24, 2018, death of 41-year-old Jacqueline Galvan, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.