A Burtonsville woman has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after admitting to distributing fentanyl that resulted in a person’s death.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, Sarah Katherine Magid, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis to 151 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl. The judge also ordered Magid to pay $25,090 in restitution to cover the victim’s burial expenses.
Court documents state that in March 2024, Magid sold fentanyl to a victim after arranging the transaction through text messages. Investigators recovered messages from the victim’s cellphone detailing the drug sale and a subsequent meeting between the two…