The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa, Tuesday afternoon, issued a supplemental Press Release to that which was issued on November 8th, 2017, which  seeks to clarify the charges and sentencing each defendant in a fatal fentanyl overdose case received.

Authorities say 30-year old Charles Jesse Beuterbaugh, of Pottawattamie County, 27-year old Dustin C. Sullivan, of Council Bluffs, and, 31-year old Cody Lanus, of Omaha, Nebraska, were each convicted of conspiracy to distribute at least 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl, a Schedule I controlled substance, which resulted in the reasonably foreseeable death of a 20-year-old male and serious bodily injury to another male.

In addition, 22-year old Michael David Redmond, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute at least 400 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl, a Schedule I controlled substance.

The investigation into the drug trafficking group began on June 28, 2015, when law enforcement was called to a Carter Lake, Iowa, residence regarding an unresponsive male. Law enforcement found the body of a 20-year-old male in Beuterbaugh’s living area. In addition, law enforcement learned that a second male had been transported to a local hospital from the Beuterbaugh residence prior to law enforcement being called, and had been placed on life support.

The investigation revealed that Beuterbaugh had provided “acetyl fentanyl” to both victims, which was determined to be the cause of death of the 20-year-old male, and the reason for the hospitalization for the second male. Beuterbaugh had obtained the acetyl fentanyl through an organization that began distributing fentanyl, or an analogue of fentanyl, in November of 2014 and continued to distribute in April of 2016.

All defendants charged in the case have entered guilty pleas. To date, United States Senior District Court Judge James E. Gritzner has sentenced Beuterbaugh to 240 months in prison; Sullivan to 162 months in prison; Lanus to 144 months in prison; and, Redmond, Jr. to 120 months in prison. Amanda N. Pandis and Walter John O’Donohue, III are scheduled to be sentenced in February of 2018.