A Los Angeles County man has pleaded guilty to using a drone to deliver fentanyl and other drugs to people, including one woman who died of a fatal overdose in 2023.
Christopher Laney, now 36, entered his plea on Monday. His charges, distribution of fentanyl and intent to distribute methamphetamine, carry a sentence of between five and 60 years in federal prison, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice shared in 2024, when he was charged.
At the time, prosecutors said that Laney used a drone that was not registered with the Federal Aviation Administration to transport fentanyl from his Lancaster home to the parking lot of a nearby church. Laney is said to have used the aircraft in Jan. 2023 to deliver $80 worth of fentanyl to a person who then provided it to the victim, a woman only identified in the indictment as J.K.
She was found dead the next day of a fatal drug overdose, prosecutors noted…