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# Venice Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charge for Selling Fentanyl that Caused Los Angeles Man’s Fatal Overdose
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/venice-man-pleads-guilty-to-federal-criminal-charge-for-selling-fentanyl-that-caused-los-angeles-mans-fatal-overdose/
- Published: 2019-10-29T12:30:45.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-12T00:44:04.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Crime, News, fentanyl, Julian Miles Mayers-Johnson, overdose, synthetic opioid, Venice Man, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:50

A Venice man who sold the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl to a 19-year-old man who suffered a fatal overdose last year pleaded guilty today to a federal narcotics offense.

Julian Miles Mayers-Johnson, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. He has been in custody since his arrest on April 17.

Mayers-Johnson admitted in his plea agreement that on October 19, 2018, outside a fast-food restaurant in Venice, he knowingly possessed fentanyl, intending to distribute it. That same evening, at the same location, Mayers-Johnson sold one-half gram of fentanyl to the victim, who was residing at a sober living home in the Beverlywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to court documents. The victim later ingested the fentanyl that Mayers-Johnson sup-plied, resulting in the victim’s overdose on October 20, and, one day later, the victim’s death, the plea agreement states.

A search of the victim’s cell phone resulted in law enforcement determining that Mayers-Johnson sold the fatal dose of fentanyl to the victim, according to court documents.

United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II scheduled a May 4, 2020 sentencing hearing, at which time Mayers-Johnson will face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.

This matter was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the High In-tensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Opioid Response Team, which is tasked with investigating suspected opioid-related overdose deaths in Los Angeles County.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys J. Jamari Buxton and Ali Moghaddas of the General Crimes Section.

*Submitted by Ciaran McEvoy, Public Information Officer*