A Utah man is going through a federal cost after investigators say he distributed fentanyl that resulted in a single individual’s dying. Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
A Utah man is going through a federal cost after investigators say he distributed fentanyl that resulted in a single individual's dying.
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake Metropolis Wednesday indicted Shereldon Cly Yanito, 23, of Grand County, on a cost of distribution of fentanyl leading to dying.
Associates of the sufferer, who prosecutors haven't named, stated the sufferer purchased counterfeit blue "M30" tablets containing fentanyl from Yanito, based on an announcement from the U.S. Lawyer's Workplace. The night time earlier than the sufferer's dying by overdose on April 15, 2022 in San Juan County, a $40 transaction occurred between the sufferer's digital pockets account and Yanito's digital pockets, prosecutors stated.
"In Could 2023, Yanito allegedly instructed an an spy through social media that he beforehand bought 'blues' for $40 however had stopped," the U.S. Lawyer's Workplace stated.
The spy then mentioned powder cocaine with Yanito and the 2 agreed to fulfill, based on the assertion. However Yanito was arrested throughout a site visitors cease and delivered to Grand County Jail earlier than the meetup occurred.
An arraignment on Yanito's indictment is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. within the U.S. District Courtroom on the state courthouse in St. George.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Grand County Sheriff's Workplace is investigating the case and assistant U.S. attorneys for the District of Utah will prosecute.