PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A St. Paul man was sentenced to more than six years in prison for selling fentanyl that caused one man to fatally overdose, Clackamas County officials announced Monday.
Colby Jungwirth pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide related to the 2022 death of Christian Chase Robertson, whose cause of death was acute fentanyl toxicity, authorities said.
“Mr. Robertson’s death is extremely tragic,” said Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth. “Fentanyl is an extremely dangerous drug, and we at the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office are dedicated to prosecuting anyone who illicitly deals this drug.”
Robertson was found dead on June 2, 2022. After an investigation, authorities discovered that Robertson had purchased fentanyl pills from Jungwirth the previous night.
"Phone records showed calls between Jungwirth and the timeline/GPS of Robertson’s phone traveling to St. Paul and then back home. Robertson was found deceased the following morning," officials said.
Jungwirth was arrested the following day and admitted to selling Robertson fentanyl pills the night before his death.
