COVINGTON, La. (WVUE) – A Slidell woman who smuggled fentanyl into the Slidell jail in 2023, providing a fatal overdose to a fellow inmate, received a maximum 40-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
Judge Alan Black imposed the sentence April 21 upon 40-year-old Sarah Blackmon, who admitted responsibility for the death of 25-year-old cellmate Theresa Zar, who was found dead on Nov. 22, 2023.
Under Louisiana law, if a person distributes a controlled dangerous substance that is the direct cause of death of the recipient who ingested it, that person is criminally liable for homicide. Blackmon was charged with second-degree murder and pleaded guilty to manslaughter as part of a plea agreement that spared the possibility of a life sentence…