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\nFederal prosecutors in Kentucky say the leader of a drug trafficking ring has been sentenced to life in prison for distributing fentanyl that led to an overdose death.<\/p>\n
\nFederal prosecutors in Kentucky say the leader of a drug trafficking ring has been sentenced to life in prison for distributing fentanyl that led to an overdose death.<\/p>\n
According to the offices of the state’s two U.S attorneys, it’s the first life sentence given in federal court for a fentanyl-related overdose death in Kentucky.<\/p>\n
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic drug resembling heroin and is a growing scourge in a state struggling with drugs.<\/p>\n
Navarius Westberry was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a Madison County man.<\/p>\n
The U.S. attorney’s office in Lexington says Westberry led the drug ring that supplied fentanyl to the man who died.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say four others in Westberry’s ring have pleaded guilty.
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