San Diego ICE HSI, HIDTA task force investigation leads to historic sentence for convicted drug dealer

 SAN DIEGO – A San Diego and Imperial County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) task force investigation resulted in a local man’s 25-year prison sentence for distributing fentanyl that resulted in a death.

The task force, which includes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Diego special agents, determined that Jahvaris Lamoun Springfield, 31, sold the lethal pills that resulted in the Feb. 5, 2019, overdose death of James Gallagher, a U.S. Army veteran.

The investigation revealed that on the day of his death, Gallagher contacted Springfield to purchase OxyContin pills. Later that afternoon, Gallagher’s roommates called 911 after finding his body unresponsive in his bedroom. Read more at: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/san-diego-ice-hsi-hidta-task-force-investigation-leads-historic-sentence-convicted
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