A 49-year-old Ohio man was sentenced to 300 months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of distribution of fentanyl that killed two men.
Gerald Isom, age 49, of Toledo, Ohio, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay a $200 special assessment and $1,026 in restitution.
According to court documents, during the evening of December 26, 2019, Isom sold fentanyl to a group of five young men who believed they were receiving cocaine.
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The young men snorted the fentanyl, and all five overdosed.
Three of the young men later woke up to find out that two members of the group had died as a result of ingesting the fentanyl.
That same evening, Isom sold fentanyl to another man who believed he was receiving cocaine. That man also overdosed but survived after he was revived with Narcan.
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The investigation was conducted by the Lucas County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert Melching, Alissa Sterling, and Michael Freeman.
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