Mac Miller Death: Man Sentenced to 17.5 Years in Prison Over Fentanyl-Laced Pills
etonline.comMac Miller's fatal overdose four years ago, has been sentenced. On Monday, Stephen Walter was sentenced to 210 months — 17 and a half years — in federal prison for his role in the crime.According to the court docs, obtained by ET, days before Miller's overdose, Walter directed co-defendant Ryan Reavis to distribute the fentanyl-laced pills to co-defendant Cameron Pettit, who in turn sold them to Miller.
As a result, all three defendants were charged with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death, with Walter also being charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition.While the charges carry a 20-year mandatory minimum prison term, Walter entered into a plea agreement last October, under which he would instead be subject to a 17-year prison term.
U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright, II struck down Walter's plea agreement during his sentencing Monday as «too lenient» after it was revealed that he continued to sell cocaine and the dangerous pills known as «blues» leading up to his 2019 arrest.
He instead was handed down a 17 and a half year sentence and five years of supervised release.Walter's sentencing comes just a month after Reavis was sentenced to 131 months — 10 years — in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to a federal count of distribution of fentanyl.According to the docs, Reavis admitted knowing that the pills contained fentanyl or some other controlled substance.
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