A Lexington man was sentenced to more than thirty years in prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl resulting in the death of a 29-year-old woman.
The Office of the US Attorney stated in a press release that Christopher Allen, 44, was sentenced to 365 months in prison on Thursday for distributing a controlled substance resulting in the death of 29-year-old Nicole Alvarez.
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Alvarez had given birth to a baby two weeks before her overdose.
Her boyfriend found her dead in their home.
“It’s hard to imagine a greater issue facing our commonwealth than this opiate crisis that continues to take lives and devastate families,” said Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. “The people responsible for these tragedies, like Mr. Allen, have a heavy price to pay for their decision to pedal these poisons. This is a crisis that requires us to use every available tool to fight back. One such tool is our federal law that imposes a prison sentence of 20 years to life, with no parole, on those professional drug dealers and suppliers that sell heroin, fentanyl or other opiates, which result in death or serious bodily injury. We are working closely with our law enforcement partners to find those dealers we consider to be the worst the worst, and apply this law when necessary.”
