A 24-year-old Santa Ana man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Monday for dealing a deadly dose of fentanyl to an 18-year-old Tustin woman.
The defendant agreed to sell oxycodone pills to Adriana Davies in February 2021, but the drugs were counterfeit and contained fentanyl, according to prosecutors. She died early Feb. 5, 2021. When investigators served a search warrant on the defendant's residence they found 23 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.
The victim's mother said, "There are no words to describe the pain I feel every day since Feb. 5, 2021, or the profound sense of loss our family has experienced. I have difficulty sleeping and difficulty maintaining concentration at times." Hernandez said his parents relocated the family to the U.S. when the defendant was 5 years old. He said he experienced some difficulties adapting to the change from Mexico to Santa Ana.
He met a drug dealer he began smoking marijuana with, who "groomed" him to also sell narcotics for him."The excitement and power of this new lifestyle was overwhelming," he wrote. "I no longer felt poor anymore. I was now able to purchase expensive clothing, jewelry, cars, fine dining and much more."Hernandez
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