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Massachusetts man sentenced in connection with Maine man’s overdose death

Massachusetts man sentenced in connection with Maine man’s overdose death

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A Massachusetts man will spend 19 years in prison for selling fentanyl to a Maine man who died who of an overdose.

The Portland Press Herald writes 28-year-old Cameron Soto was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland.

Soto, who the judge described as a “professional drug dealer”, sold the fentanyl to 48-year-old Edward Rogers of St. George in March of 2017. Rogers died that evening.

Soto has been held in jail ever since he sold fentanyl to a police informant the day after Rogers’ death. He pleaded guilty in June of 2019 but his sentencing was delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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