WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
FRESNO, Calif. - Austin Lloyd Kerns, 54, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.
According to court documents, the investigation began following a fatal fentanyl overdose of a 24-year-old Fresno man. The victim died after using counterfeit oxycodone M30 tablets containing fentanyl that he obtained directly from Mr. Kerns after being referred by a co-conspirator. Kerns sold the victim 16 pills in three separate deals over two days, ...