{"id":272599,"date":"2026-05-15T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/272599\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:48:09","slug":"federal-jury-finds-florida-duo-guilty-in-usf-students-fatal-fentanyl-overdose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/272599\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal jury finds Florida duo guilty in USF student\u2019s fatal fentanyl overdose"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two Florida men were convicted in federal court in connection with the drug-related death of a University of South Florida<\/a> student, prosecutors announced Friday.<\/p>\n

A federal jury found 38-year-old Miguel Cintron and 22-year-old Darrius Gustafson, both of Tampa, guilty of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. <\/p>\n

Each man now faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison, with the possibility of life behind bars, according to the sheriff’s office. <\/p>\n

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According to investigators with the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office Opioid Overdose Investigations Section<\/a>, the case stems from a February 16, 2024, incident in which the defendants sold a lethal amount of fentanyl to a USF student. Authorities say the student later died as a result of the overdose.<\/p>\n

As part of the investigation, detectives executed a search warrant at Cintron\u2019s home on April 10, 2024. Officials say they recovered firearms, ammunition, more than $200,000 in cash, and multiple illegal narcotics.<\/p>\n

Officials say the convictions highlight ongoing efforts to combat the fentanyl crisis and hold drug traffickers accountable for overdose deaths.<\/p>\n

Sentencing for both men will be scheduled at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Two Florida men were convicted in federal court in connection with the drug-related death…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-272599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}