Jackson man sentenced to 20 years for selling fentanyl to overdose victim

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A Jackson man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling fentanyl to someone who later suffered a deadly overdose.

U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced Dylan C. McMikle, 22, on August 20.

McMikle pleaded guilty in February to one felony count of distribution of fentanyl. Another man pleaded guilty last year and admitted buying fentanyl from McMikle.

McMikle provided several lines of powdered fentanyl that the 25-year-old victim snorted early on the morning of December 16, 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri.

The victim left McMikle’s home about 6 a.m. after buying a capsule containing fentanyl. The victim, who had been struggling with a serious addiction, died of a drug overdose that evening, acording to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri.

After the victim’s death, investigators found messages between the victim and McMikle about obtaining fentanyl.

McMikle consented to a search of his home. Officers found a small baggie of fentanyl powder and several fentanyl pills.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force and the Sikeston Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Koester prosecuted the case.