A 15-year-old girl in Carrollton died from a fentanyl overdose, and two people have been prosecuted in relation to the incident.
Texas’s CarrolltonIn connection with the death of a 15-year-old girl in Carrollton from a fentanyl overdose, two individuals entered guilty pleas and were given federal prison sentences.
Lizbeth Prieto, 19, and Cristian Lopez, 24, were both charged with the 2023 death of a 15-year-old student at Carrollton’s Newman Smith High School, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.
Last November, Prieto entered a guilty plea to the charge of distributing a prohibited narcotic to an individual who was younger than 21. She received a seven-year prison sentence.
Lopez admitted to conspiring to distribute a controlled drug in July. He was given an eight-year prison sentence on Monday.
“Fentanyl destroys families and tears through communities. And all of our teenagers are at risk because so many traffickers are merely trying to sell these drugs,” U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton stated. “In memory of kids like this victim who were killed by drugs or firearms in our schools, I started the Protect Our Children Project, which aims to use law enforcement resources to assist schools in preventing fentanyl overdoses and other tragedies. I sincerely hope that we can significantly lower the number of fentanyl-related deaths in North Texas. Another step in achieving that objective is removing traffickers from the streets.
According to Carrollton police, the 15-year-old victim purchased blue m/30 fentanyl tablets from Prieto for $100, as evidenced by her Instagram conversations.
An undercover police officer arranged a transaction with Prieto after the teen’s murder and saw her take m/30 pills from Lopez before selling them to the officer.
According to investigators, Prieto admitted to selling the victim the tablets. Then Lopez admitted to being Prieto’s source.
Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division, stated, “One of the most pernicious and malevolent ways to harm our community is to sell poison in the form of fentanyl to our youth.” “To everyone who still traffics fentanyl tablets, know that DEA Dallas and our law enforcement partners, including Carrollton PD, will track you down and hold you responsible for your self-centered behavior. Our community’s and our families’ safety rely on it.
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Previous news coverage and a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas provided the information for this report.
Previous news coverage and a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas provided the information for this report.
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