Tampa woman faces life in prison for selling drugs to man who overdosed
(Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)
TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa woman faces a possible life sentence for selling drugs that led to a man's fatal overdose.
Joamary Rosario, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Tampa federal court to knowingly and intentionally distributing a substance containing a mixture of heroin, acetyl fentanyl and fentanyl to an individual who died as a result of using the substance, according to court records.
A sentencing date wasn't immediately scheduled.
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Rosario and her supplier delivered 10 plastic bags of the drug mixture to the man's Tampa Bay area hotel in November 2018, according to a plea agreement.
The man used one bag of the mixture that night and died of an overdose, officials said. A friend found the man's body the next morning and called 911.
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Law enforcement officers reported finding the unused bags of drugs in the man's hotel room, along with his cellphones. Investigators found drug-related text messages and then posed as the man to order more of the same drugs, officials said.
Rosario was arrested a few hours later after arriving at the hotel with several bags of the drug mixture, authorities said.