DENVER (KDVR) — A couple was sentenced to prison on Thursday for selling fentanyl to another couple, which caused one of them to die.
The death was reported on July 5, 2022, when a 26-year-old woman contacted the Westminster Police Department because her 26-year-old boyfriend was dead in the living room. She told officers that they had been drinking alcohol and each had consumed one pill that they believed to be oxycodone. Later, police determined the pill was fentanyl.
The woman also told police the pills had been purchased from James Winn, 34.
On Jan. 8, Winn pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. On Thursday, he was sentenced to 15 years in the Department of Corrections. His girlfriend, Katherine Craner, 35, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and was sentenced to five years in prison.
The convictions and sentencing follow an investigation that spanned over a year. The case was presented to prosecutors in November 2023.
