WARREN COUNTY — An area woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to a deadly overdose.
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Kaylee Back, 29, of Franklin, entered a plea agreement and pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio.
The plea agreement for Back recommends a sentence of up to 186 months in prison.
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According to court records, Back provided fentanyl to a person in Middletown in May 2023. That person was found dead about two and a half hours later.
The Butler County coroner’s office determined that the person’s cause of death was fentanyl intoxication.
Sentencing for Back will be determined by the Court at a future hearing, based on advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.
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