DEA Snares RivCo Man Following Fentanyl Poisoning Death - Temecula, CA - Edwin Lopez, 21, allegedly sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a 20-year-old Fontana man who died after taking them.
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Federal agents fanned out across Southern California this week to arrest suspects charged with supplying drugs that caused 11 fatal overdoses amid a rising danger from black-market pills laced with fentanyl.
In each case, prosecutors and the Drug Enforcement Administration were enforcing a federal law that carries greater penalties than drug dealers typically face in California courts: a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 20 years.
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9:37 PM, May. 13, 2021A previous version of this story said Patrick Wilson is a Rolling Hills Estates city councilman. He is a Rolling Hills city councilman.
Among those charged with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death were Alexander Declan Bell Wilson, 20, of Rolling Hills, who is accused of distributing pills that killed a 15-year-old boy in May 2020. Their Snapchat conversations showed the victim thought he was buying oxycodone, prosecutors said. Wilson’s lawyer did not respond to a request for comment.