Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Linked to 2 Deaths

A drug user displays his hit of fentanyl in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco on Feb. 23, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—A Tarzana man accused of having distributed fentanyl in the form of fake Percocet pills that caused the deaths of an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl pleaded guilty Nov. 15 to federal charges.

Dominick Alvarado, 23, entered his plea to two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.