A judge in Ohio has ordered drug dealer Michael Chandler, 29 (pictured), of Cincinnati, to cover the funeral costs for a teen who died of a fentanyl overdose. He was also sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison and to pay $9,000 in restitution to the teen’s family
A judge in Ohio has ordered a drug dealer to cover the funeral costs for a teen who died of a fentanyl overdose.
Michael Chandler, 29, of Cincinnati, was also sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison and to pay $9,000 in restitution to the teen’s family.
Authorities say they were able to trace the fentanyl that killed the 17-year-old, identified in court documents as JH, back to Chandler. The teen died of an overdose at his Kentucky home in April 2016.
The Kentucky Drug Task Force discovered the teen had bought heroin from a person known as ‘Goldie’. When investigators obtained the phone number for the alleged drug dealer, a records search led them to Chandler, court documents said.
The investigators then used a friend of the deceased teen to make a controlled purchase from ‘Goldie’. He wore a wire and turned over the purchased substance to the Hamilton County Coroner’s crime lab, which turned out to be fentanyl.
From there, a search warrant was obtained for Chandler’s home, where investigators found 644 grams of fentanyl, 28 grams of cocaine, drug paraphernalia, a handgun and ammunition, according to WCPO.
Authorities say they were able to trace the fentanyl that killed the 17-year-old, identified in court documents as JH, back to Chandler (left and right). Investigators found 644 grams of fentanyl, 28 grams of cocaine, drug paraphernalia, a handgun and ammunition at Chandler’s home
In an undated video that Chandler recorded on his cellphone (left and right), five customers line up their cars in broad daylight to buy drugs from him. At the beginning of the video, prosecutors say, Chandler ‘profoundly touts’ that he was ‘just like McDonald’s’
Chandler pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl and heroin, as well as drug possession on Monday.
According to prosecutors, Chandlers wanted to be the best drug dealer in Cincinnati.
In an undated video that Chandler recorded on his cellphone, five customers line up their cars ‘in broad daylight’ to buy drugs from him
At the beginning of the video, prosecutors say, Chandler ‘profoundly touts’ that he was ‘just like McDonald’s’.
Chandler was sentenced to three years in prison in for cocaine and heroin trafficking. He was paroled in December 2012 but immediately began selling drugs again, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
He was then sentenced to two years in prison.