Man admits bringing thousands of fentanyl pills to SD
- A South Carolina man has been convicted of trafficking fentanyl and other narcotics, resulting in a sentence of 25 years in prison, as announced by the Eleventh Circuit Solicitor's Office.
- David Matthews Jr., now 52, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on March 11, 2025, for multiple trafficking counts and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
- In Spokane Valley, a woman was arrested for reckless endangerment after her 3-year-old child reportedly overdosed on fentanyl found in their home.
- Investigators seized fentanyl potentially enough for 41,000 fatal overdoses from the home of David Matthews Jr. During a raid on January 29, 2024.
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Atlantic County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Providing Illegal Drugs That Led to Deaths of Two Teenagers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that an Atlantic County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in providing fentanyl that resulted in two teenagers fatally overdosing on the drug.On March 10, 2025, Elias Santiago, 27, of Egg Harbor Township, was sentenced by Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey J. Waldman to serve 15 years in New Jersey state prison for each death he …
Man admits bringing thousands of fentanyl pills to SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- There is an update on a federal court case dating back to December 11th, 2023. That's when the search of a suitcase at an Omaha bus station turned up approximately 9,000 fentanyl pills that were on their way to Sioux Falls. It also led to the arrest of 23-year-old Meron Kalili Woldu. "I had just made a trip to Arizona and picked up approximately 9,000 pills containing fentanyl that I intended to take to Sioux Falls an…
Felon pleads guilty to distributing fentanyl mixture resulting in death on Mille Lacs Reservation
ST. PAUL — A Brooklyn Park man pleaded guilty to fentanyl trafficking that resulted in death, Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick announced Tuesday March 18. According to court documents, on July 26, 2023, Allen Lee Goodwin, 50, sold a mixture of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl to a 38-year-old male victim who lived on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation. The next morning, Goodwin’s victim injected the fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl substa…
$3.3 million awarded to family of man who overdosed on fentanyl at Orange County jail
A jury awarded $3.3 million to the family of a man who overdosed on fentanyl in an Orange County jail in 2022 on Tuesday. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department stated that Joshua James Campos was found unresponsive in his cell at the Theo Lacy Facility in the city of Orange on Mar. 7, 2022. He had been booked into the jail three days prior on a solicitation charge, OCSD said. The Orange County District Attorney's office noted that Campos had …
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