Man implicated in two drug overdose deaths gets more than 12 years in prison
Posted by Staff | May 14, 2021 | News | |
RTD – An Aylett man who provided the fentanyl that led to two overdose deaths in Caroline County in less than 90 days was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 12½ years in prison.
Brian McConnell, 41, a heroin addict, pleaded guilty under the terms of an agreement last year to a charge of distribution of heroin in October 2019. Federal sentencing guidelines called for a prison term of 33 to 41 months.
However, the government and McConnell recommended that U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson sentence him to a term of 10 years in light of the deaths and his long criminal record. He could have faced 20 years to life had he gone to trial on a charge of distribution that resulted in a death.