Man sentenced in El Paso detention center fentanyl death

El Paso man gets 18 years in West Texas' first fentanyl murder case

El Paso man gets 18 years in prison after becoming the first person convicted in West Texas under Texas’ fentanyl murder law.

Mexico man sentenced to 15 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl

An Audrain County man arrested with one-and-a-half ounces of fentanyl pleads guilty to an amended charge.

Man gets 18 years for El Paso jail inmate's fentanyl death

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A 46-year-old man who was facing the region's first-ever state murder charges in a fentanyl-related case was sentenced to 18 years in prison, according to the El Paso District Attorney's Office on Monday, Sept. 14. Eric Robles was sentenced after pleading guilty to murder and manufactur/delivery of a controlled substance, [...]

Man sentenced in El Paso detention center fentanyl death

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A 46-year-old man received a prison sentence Monday after pleading guilty to murder and manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance in a death that happened at the Downtown El Paso County Detention Center. The 34th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said the sentencing is the first of its kind in West Texas.

Man sentenced to 18 years in El Paso's first-ever murder case under Texas fentanyl law

West Texas man Eric Robles becomes the region’s first sentenced under Texas HB 6, the 2023 law allowing murder charges for fatal fentanyl overdoses. He got 18 years after a jail death tied to fentanyl.