{"id":217655,"date":"2026-04-03T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217655\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:33:10","slug":"florida-man-could-spend-life-in-jail-for-supplying-fentanyl-to-woman-who-drowned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217655\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man could spend life in jail for supplying fentanyl to woman who drowned"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida<\/a> man could face life in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of selling fentanyl<\/a> to a woman who later drowned in a bathtub.<\/p>\n

Ludwin Borgen, 49, of Apollo Beach, was found guilty of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and now faces a minimum sentence of 20 years up to life in prison at his sentencing on June 16, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida.<\/p>\n

Evidence at the trial showed that Borgen was a drug dealer in the Tampa Bay<\/a> area and had supplied the unidentified victim with fentanyl on several occasions.<\/p>\n

According to information provided<\/a> by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the victim has started reaching out to Borgen late in the evening on March 28, 2022, to arrange a perchance of fentanyl the next day.<\/p>\n

On that day, officials said the victim met with Borgen at a pharmacy, and she bought fentanyl from him.<\/p>\n

That night, officials said, she injected herself with the fentanyl while soaking in a bathtub. While she was intoxicated with the fentanyl, she slid under the water and drowned.<\/p>\n

When her friend noticed she had been in the bathroom for a long time, she checked on her and found her body in the bathtub with her head under the water and a syringe floating in the water, officials said.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, toxicology results showed that the victim had approximately 10 times the therapeutic concentration of fentanyl in her system, which is a concentration consistent with overdose deaths.<\/p>\n

Officials said that the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was able to identify Borgen as the person who sold her the fentanyl.<\/p>\n

When he was arrested, officials said they found him with fentanyl, baggies, syringes and a scale.<\/p>\n

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/a>, the Hillsborough County Sheriff; Office, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s office, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.<\/p>\n

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