Two men — one from California and one from Texas — have been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to distributing thousands of fentanyl-laced pills nationwide, including to a Fort Collins man and two others who fatally overdosed in 2022. The Coloradoan reports 25-year-old Michael Ta of California was sentenced to 21 years and 8 months in federal prison. In a separate hearing, 37-year-old Rajiv Srinivasan of Texas was sentenced to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison. Both had previously pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, admitting to causing the fatal overdoses of three people because of their drug distribution operation.
