DALLAS — A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to federal prison in the fentanyl overdose death of a North Texas teenager, officials said.

Jesse Medina pled guilty in March to a charge of aiding and abetting the distribution of fentanyl, according to the Department of Justice. U.S. District Judge David Godbey on Monday sentenced Medina to 292 months -- more than 24 years -- in federal prison.

The victim's name was not disclosed by officials.

Prosecutors said Medina, who was known as "Plug," sold a co-defendant, Connor Miller, and the teen victim four fentanyl pills for $40 in January 2024. Miller and the teen went back to Miller's home, prosecutors said, and the teen died of an overdose after using the fentanyl.

Medina was arrested the next day with 25 pills of fentanyl on him, prosecut

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