By Associated Press - Monday, February 26, 2018

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A Tucson woman has been indicted for allegedly selling the synthetic opioid fentanyl to a man who died after ingesting the drug.

Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Lana Leshinsky is accused of selling fentanyl to an unidentified man who died in July 2017 a day after using the drug.

The Feb. 14 grand jury indictment was unsealed Monday.

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Prosecutors say the charge of distributing fentanyl resulting in death carries a mandatory-minimum sentence of 20 years in prison.

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