Houston drug dealer sentenced to 50 years in fentanyl death of war veteran from Montgomery County

A Houston drug dealer has been convicted of murder in the fentanyl overdose death of an Iraq war veteran and expectant father from Montgomery County.

Justin Fortin died in October 2023 at his aunt’s Magnolia home after buying fentanyl from James Carter-Smith at a northwest Houston strip mall.

“He took my child away,” said Fortin’s mother, Christine…

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