Two Tampa men were sentenced for a University of South Florida student’s fentanyl death. Two other co-defendants pleaded guilty and were previously sentenced.
38-year-old Miguel Cintron, of Tampa, and 23-year-old Darrius Gustafson, of Tampa, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Badalamenti to life and 21 years and 10 months in federal prison, respectively, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death.
According to court documents, testimony, and evidence presented at trial, Cintron, Gustafson, and two co-defendants distributed a lethal amount of fentanyl that resulted in the death of Victim-1. At the time, Victim-1 was a freshman at USF. After Victim-1’s death, all four defendants continued to distribute fentanyl to undercover deputies and detectives from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office…