![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mertz said that was not supported by evidence. Attorney’s Office provided about the first overdose death, saying that the news release suggested that he was guilty of the man’s death. Mertz, in an email, disputed the information the U.S. Hashemi’s attorney, Assistant Federal Public Defender Cadence A. The woman’s death was attributed to accidental fentanyl poisoning. ![]() Then, on May 28, 2021, Reza Hashemi distributed a gram of powder fentanyl to a 26-year-old woman. Instead, Hashemi continued to distribute fentanyl.” During the course of the investigation into J.V.’s death, law enforcement approached Hashemi and informed him of the death, but he did not agree to speak with them. Hashemi admitted to distributing pressed counterfeit pills containing fentanyl to J.V. Attorney’s Office that was also distributed by the Fairfax County Police Department: “Hashemi was identified following the October 24, 2020, overdose death of a 22-year-old male, J.V., in Vienna. Hashemi distributed the fentanyl in Northern Virginia from July 2020 to June 2021, according to court documents.Īccording to a news release from the U.S. This story has been updated with additional information from the defense.Ī federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Reza Hashemi, 34, of Alexandria, to 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl that resulted in the death of a 26-year-old woman. ![]()
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