Description: Denver, Colorado criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with onspiracy to distribute fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy in Colorado Springs.

According to the plea agreement, the defendant conspired with two co-defendants to violate federal drug laws. Specifically, between December 2021 and January 30, 2022, the three of them agreed to distribute blue pills to a juvenile and his friends. The blue pills contained fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, and para-fluorofentanyl, a Schedule I controlled substance. According to the plea agreement, the juvenile’s death on January 31, 2022, resulted from the use of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl contained within pills that were distributed as part of the conspiracy. The defendant was in the distribution chain of the drugs that resulted in the juvenile’s death.

Judge Regina M. Rodriguez presided over the change of plea hearing on July 27, 2022. The defendant will be sentenced on October 17, 2022. The case against the two co-defendants remains ongoing in federal district court in Denver. Those defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This case was investigated by the FBI Denver Division and the Colorado Springs Police Department. Prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorneys Peter McNeilly and Alyssa Mance.

21 U.S.C. § 846 (Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute (1) 50 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance; (2) a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Heroin, a Schedule I Controlled Substance; and (3) a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in Violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(viii))
(1)
21 U.S.C. § 846 (Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, and Para-fluorofentanyl, a Schedule I Controlled Substance, Resulting in Death, in Violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C))
(1s)
21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B)(viii) (Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance)
(2)
21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) (Distribution of Fentanyl, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, and Para-fluorofentanyl, a Schedule I Controlled Substance, Resulting in Death)
(2s)
21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) (Possession with Intent to Distribute a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Heroin, a Schedule I Controlled Substance)
(3)
21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 859 (Distribution of Fentanyl, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, and Para-fluorofentanyl, a Schedule I Controlled Substance, to a Person Under 21)
(3s)
21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) (Possession with Intent to Distribute a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance)
(4)
21 U.S.C. § 846 (Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute (1) 50 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance; (2) a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Heroin, a Schedule I Controlled Substance; and (3) a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, in Violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(viii))
(4s)
21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B)(viii) (Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance)
(5s)
21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) (Possession with Intent to Distribute a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Heroin, a Schedule I Controlled Substance)
(6s)
21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) (Possession with Intent to Distribute a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance)
(7s)

Outcome: 07/27/2022 53 COURTROOM MINUTES for Change of Plea Hearing as to Douglas Floyd held on 7/27/2022 before Judge Regina M. Rodriguez. Plea entered by Douglas Floyd (1) Guilty Count 1s. Sentencing set for 10/17/2022 03:00 PM in Courtroom A 702 before Judge Regina M. Rodriguez. Court Reporter: Terri Lindblom. (kmyha, ) (Entered: 07/27/2022)
07/27/2022 55 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Douglas Floyd (kmyha, ) (Entered: 07/27/2022)
07/27/2022 56 STATEMENT IN ADVANCE OF PLEA OF GUILTY by Defendant Douglas Floyd (kmyha, ) (Entered: 07/27/2022)

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