(COLORADO SPRINGS) —Two people have been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison in connection to the distribution of fentanyl that led to the deaths of two people in Colorado Springs and Pueblo County.
26-year-old Thomas Galiano III was sentenced to 12 years and 26-year-old Hailee Anne Helton was sentenced to 14 years in prison in connection to the distribution of fentanyl in southern Colorado, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). They were sentenced separately after each pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute a substance containing fentanyl.
According to the plea agreements, in August 2022, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) responded to a unit at the Mountain View Apartment Homes in the Stratmoor Hills area. Inside the unit, officers found a 31-year-old man dead. Evidence gathered at the scene included one blue tablet bearing an M-30 imprint, which later tested positive for fentanyl…