‘This sends a message’: Tarrant jury returns first fentanyl murder conviction

A Tarrant County jury has for the first time convicted a man of murder under a new Texas law targeting distribution of fentanyl.

Jacob Lindsay, 48, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the September 2023 overdose death of 26-year-old Brandon Harrison, according to the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.

Harrison died in Fort Worth after ingesting fentanyl and methamphetamine. Investigators later determined the deadly drugs were delivered to him by Lindsay…

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