Man sentenced for selling drugs that led to overdose death
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for selling drugs that led to an overdose death in 2022, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.
Darryl Sweat, 32, will spend a total of 170 months in prison. Prosecutors said that on April 18, 2022, Sweat sold cocaine to a regular customer identified as V.O. Two days later, the customer was found dead at his residence. The death was found to be acute mixed drug intoxication, to include cocaine, fentanyl, para-fluorofentanyl, and tramadol.
Sweat was convicted of distribution of cocaine, fentanyl, and para-fluorofentanyl.
He was captured after investigators made two controlled cocaine purchases from Sweat in May 2022.
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