LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Los Angeles Field Office issued the following press release:
A Palmdale man was sentenced today to 192 months in federal prison for knowingly possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, the use of which resulted in the fatal overdose of two victims, the Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles Field Division announced.
Christopher Morales, 24, was sentenced by United States District Judge Monica Ramirez Almadani, who also ordered three years of supervised release.
Morales pleaded guilty in June 2025 to two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. He has been in federal custody since September 2024.
Morales admitted that, on a...