EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A Scranton man has been convicted after investigators say he sold fentanyl resulting in the death of a 17-year-old.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 30-year-old Federico Rosario from Scranton was convicted after a four-day trial for distributing fentanyl to a 17-year-old resulting in their death.
U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam stated in August of 2021 Rosario sold a mixture containing fentanyl and cocaine to the victim who ingested the mixture and died shortly after.
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Rosario was also found guilty of three additional sales of cocaine to the same victim that occurred in July of 2021.
The maximum penalty for a charge of drug distribution resulting in death is life in prison and the minimum sentence is 20 years.
