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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. – A Colorado man was sentenced to 20 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for selling fentanyl that killed a Lyons man in October of 2023. Jason Wahlstrom pleaded guilty to a charge of fentanyl distribution causing death , which is a class 1 drug felony, according to the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
The investigation found that Wahlstrom “sold the lethal dose of fentanyl” to the victim “less than a quarter mile from an elementary school,” said the DA’s office in a release.Wahlstom was arrested earlier this year by Evans police and later booked into the Weld County Jail.“It is clear that Mr. Walhstrom has a substance abuse disorder and has struggled with addiction since he was a teenager,” said Senior Deputy District Attorney Lynzi Maas in the release.
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