The Erie County District Attorney’s Office in April issued an alert to the public about some little blue pills containing fentanyl that were circulating on the streets and were blamed for a string of overdoses and drug deaths in the county.
One of those deaths occurred in early March, when a 28-year-old man was found dead from an overdose in a Millcreek Township residence.
The man investigators accused of supplying the pills to the victim, 23-year-old Erie resident Izaiah E. Borrero, pleaded guilty in Erie County Court on Wednesday to the lead charge he faced, a first-degree felony count of drug delivery resulting in death.
Borrero faced a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the charge, Assistant District Attorney Charles Cantrell said in court Wednesday morning. But prosecutors and Borrero’s lawyer, Gene Placidi, had worked out a deal in which they recommended Borrero receive five to 10 years in prison on the charge.
Erie County Judge John J. Mead followed the recommendation and sentenced Borrero to the term.