Man Admits to Selling Fentanyl, Causing Overdose Fatality in 2018

A Rochester man has admitted selling the drugs that led to an overdose death last year.

Tyler Taylor, 28, pleaded guilty to federal drug and gun charges and will be sentenced in September.

Federal prosecutors say he sold the drugs that the led to the death last year. A raid 70 Texas Street -- on the city's west side -- turned up 655 small bags of fentanyl, suspected packaging materials for drugs, and a gun.

Rochester Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl That Led To A Death

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tyler Taylor, 28, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, before U.S.


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