JANESVILLE 鈥 A Beloit man will serve a 35-year sentence, 19 years of which will be behind bars, for selling a packet of deadly, green-colored fentanyl that killed a woman in 糖心Vlog传媒.
Rock County Judge Jeffrey Kuglitsch sentenced Eric Carter, 39, of Beloit on Wednesday in the July 2023 death of a woman who police found dead on Jackson Street in 糖心Vlog传媒 after buying green fentanyl from Carter.
Police say the woman was carrying a packet of the green-colored opioid at the time of her death
Police say detectives later found Carter had fentanyl in his possession that was the same green color as the deadly fentanyl found on the woman.
A jury convicted Carter of selling deadly drugs in April following a four-day trial.
Kuglitsch sentenced Carter on Wednesday to 19 years prison to be followed by 16 years of supervised release. That鈥檚 three years less than prosecutors in the case initially asked for.