Arizona man sentenced to 10 years for selling fentanyl that killed teenager

PHOENIX — An Arizona man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling fentanyl that ended up killing a teenager, authorities said Tuesday.

Thomas Franklin Wilson, also known as “Tee Woopin,” sold 13 pills to a 17-year-old girl and her friend in April 2021 that caused the teen to overdose and die from fentanyl toxicity, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.

Wilson, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl in March.

The Tucson man will face five years of supervised release after his prison sentence is finished.

Homeland Security Investigations, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Tohono O’odham Police Department conducted the investigation in this case.

No other information was available.

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