Raymond L. Young, Fentanyl Distribution, Missouri 2019

A Florissant man has been sentenced to 216 months in prison for distributing fentanyl that caused a death.

Raymond L. Young, 35, of Florissant, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of a controlled substance.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, on December 2018, Florissant Police responded to the 2300 block of Palomino and found a person, J.S., unresponsive. Police took J.S. to a hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. A medical examiner's investigation determined J.S. died as a result of 'fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl intoxication.'

Police also learned that another individual, L.M., had been with J.S. that same evening and was involved in an automobile crash after leaving J.S. L.M. was determined to be overdosing and, after officers administered Narcan, he was taken to a hospital where his blood work revealed the presence of fentanyl and acetyl-fentanyl.

Through their subsequent investigation, police learned that J.S. and L.M. had used what they thought was cocaine that evening after a friend had purchased it from Raymond Young. Young subsequently admitted to selling the controlled substance which both J.S. and L.M. ingested, causing J.S.' death and L.M.'s serious illness.

On February 6, 2019, officers executed a search warrant at Raymond Young's residence in the 3600 block of Browning. Officers located Raymond Young in the residence, and recovered a drug ledger, marijuana, $124,538.00 in currency and approximately one ounce of heroin. Young's residence was located in Florissant, Missouri.

Assistant United States Attorney Sirena Wissler handled this case for the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The Florissant Police Department investigated this case.

The crime occurred in December 2018 in Florissant, Missouri.

Young was sentenced to 216 months in prison.

The U.S. Attorney's Office handled the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/judge-sentences-florissant-man-distribution-fentanyl-causing-death