A erstwhile inmate astatine Santa Rita Jail is being sent to situation for 7 years for distributing fentanyl that killed a chap inmate astatine the Dublin facility.
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A national justice connected Friday sentenced Kameron Patricia Reid to 84 months successful situation pursuing a written plea statement entered earlier by Reid, 38, of San Leandro, describing the events that led to her chap inmate's decease connected May 16, 2021.
At the time, Reid was incarcerated astatine Santa Rita Jail, and she admitted that during her incarceration she distributed fentanyl wrong the jail, hiding the fentanyl from correctional officers by concealing it successful a cavity of her body.
On May 16, 2021, Reid provided fentanyl to 2 inmates, identified successful the plea statement arsenic "Victim 1" and "Inmate 2". Reid said she saw some inmates ingest the fentanyl, each becoming visibly intoxicated. Reid suspected Victim 1 was overdosing.
In Reid's plea agreement, she admitted not calling for assistance for fearfulness of getting into trouble. Instead, she flushed the remainder of her fentanyl down the toilet. Another inmate called for assistance, but Victim 1 died. Reid admitted successful her plea statement that she past lied to investigators astir her relation successful Victim 1's death.