(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says an Omaha, Nebraska man was sentenced Tuesday to 168 months in prison following his plea of guilty to distribution of a controlled substance.
On January 12, 2021, the Council Bluffs Police and Council Bluffs Fire Departments were dispatched to a motel to provide medical treatment to an unresponsive victim, who ultimately died from a fentanyl overdose. 22-year-old Jason D. Hartzell distributed fentanyl pressed pills to the victim. Officers linked Hartzell to the fentanyl overdose death after reviewing phone information, social media information, surveillance footage, and conducting witness interviews.
Hartzell must serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
