MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – 23-year-old Mount Vernon resident Rosaliana Lopez-Rodriguez was sentenced to 7 years in prison yesterday for selling counterfeit oxycodone pills tainted with fentanyl in Skagit and Whatcom Counties.
The pills were connected to at least two overdoses, including the overdose death of a Bellingham 17-year-old in 2019.
Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman said “Overdose deaths in this country are at an all-time high from fentanyl. Those who sell it need to face significant sanctions.”
Lopez-Rodriguez and her supplier, 22-year-old Jiovanni Nunez, were arrested in late 2019. Both defendants have been in custody since their arrests.