The United States Department of Justice announced this week that a Uintah County man has been ordered to remain in custody by a U.S. Magistrate Judge for his alleged involvement in a death caused by fentanyl. On April 17th, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant with supplying the fentanyl to a victim that ultimately killed her. According to court documents, 48-year-old Jerod Arthur Young, of Fort Duchesne, intentionally distributed fentanyl to the victim on November 15th, 2023, which resulted in her death. “During the investigation, law enforcement determined from the victim’s phone that she communicated with Young and engaged in a financial transaction with him around her time of death,” shares this week’s announcement. “The fentanyl pill near her body when she was found deceased tested positive for fentanyl, and a medical examiner determined that the cause of the victim’s death was fentanyl toxicity, and that the amount of fentanyl in the victim’s system was toxic and lethal.” Young is charged with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. He appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge at the United States District Courthouse in downtown Salt Lake City on May 1st. A three-day trial has been scheduled for July 9th.
