TAMPA, Fla. – A federal jury in Tampa has delivered a guilty verdict against two men for their roles in a drug conspiracy that claimed a life and flooded local streets with fentanyl. Miguel Cintron, 38, and Darrius Gustafson, 22, were both convicted of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death, a charge that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years and the possibility of life in federal prison.
The trial laid out a grim timeline of events involving Cintron, Gustafson, and two other associates, David Chudhabuddhi and Marquis Trant. Evidence showed that the group sold a lethal dose of fentanyl to an individual identified in court records as Victim-1, a student at the University of South Florida (USF).
Even after that transaction turned fatal, the group did not stop. Investigators testified that the four men continued their operations, unknowingly selling fentanyl to undercover detectives and deputies from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office…