ORLANDO, Florida — Joel David Fonseca Flores, a 45-year-old from Orlando, has been sentenced to 32 years in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy that resulted in a death. The sentencing follows his conviction on multiple charges, including possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Fonseca Flores was found guilty by a federal jury on June 27, 2024, for the conspiracy charge resulting in death. Prior to the trial, on June 3, 2024, he pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, according to a press release from the U.S. District Court. Evidence presented at the trial revealed that Fonseca Flores, along with his co-defendant, 35-year-old Misty Lynn Parady, also of Orlando, sold counterfeit “M30” pills laced with fentanyl to a buyer identified as “N.K.”
Between April 2020 and April 2022, N.K. initially believed she was purchasing oxycodone from the duo. However, she later discovered the pills contained fentanyl. Despite warnings, including a text message from N.K. to Parady on October 31, 2021, indicating a positive test for fentanyl, Fonseca Flores and Parady continued supplying the counterfeit pills. N.K. died from a fentanyl overdose on April 4, 2022…