Updated: 11:55 PM EDT August 2, 2021
TAMPA, Fla A Safety Harbor man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing narcotics, resulting in the death of one person and serious bodily injury to another, according to U.S. District Judge William Jung.
David Burkes pleaded guilty April 21, 2021.
Dating back to Aug. 12, 2019, Burkes distributed fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl to two people, according to a plea agreement. Both of these people snorted the substance, lost control of the vehicle they had been driving and overdosed in a parking lot, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney s Office.
Medical authorities responded to the scene and successfully revived one of the people who snorted the substance. However, the second person died, authorities say.
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