A Downey man is expected to be sentenced Friday for selling fentanyl-laced prescription pills that caused the death of a 17-year-old girl.
Jonathan Limas-Reyes, 27, pleaded guilty in August to a felony charge of distribution of fentanyl, which carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
According to his plea deal, Limas-Reyes agreed not to oppose a term of imprisonment of 14 years.
On Oct. 29, 2021, Limas-Reyes sold the pills to the Downey teen, he admitted in papers filed in Los Angeles federal court.
Use of the pills “resulted in the death and serious bodily injury of victim A.K.,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“If not for the fentanyl that A.K. received … A.K. would have lived,” prosecutors wrote.
Limas-Reyes “knew it was illegal for him to sell the pills to A.K., and knew that they contained fentanyl or some other federally controlled substance,” according to federal prosecutors.