Stockton Man Gets 5 Years for Fentanyl Possession

Stockton man gets 5 years for fentanyl possession

The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office announced that Charles Benavides was sentenced to five years in state prison Thursday for possessing fentanyl, which caused a K9 unit to suffer a seizure.

Stockton drug dealer sentenced in police dog fentanyl overdose case

A Stockton drug dealer was sentenced to five years in prison in a case that involved a police dog sniffing fentanyl during a raid and having to be resuscitated with Narcan. Charles Benavides pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl for sale, with an enhancement for having more than an ounce of the deadly drug, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office said. In addition, Benavides also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of causing injury to …