SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Jonathan Tyler Gauthier, described as a prolific fentanyl dealer who kept selling the deadly drug despite the fatal overdoses of two of his customers, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 30 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California.
Per his February 2025 plea agreement, Gauthier admitted that the fentanyl he distributed led to the overdose deaths of 24-year-old Sam Guest in September 2022 and 27-year-old Jesse White three months later.
Before handing down the sentence, U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino told Gauthier: “This is one of the most tragic cases I’ve had in my courtroom in a long time.”…