An admitted drug dealer was sentenced recently to 156 months in federal prison for selling a fatal dose of the opioid fentanyl to a 19-year-old man who had been residing at a sober living home in the Beverlywood community.

Julian Miles Mayers-Johnson, 33, of Venice, was sentenced by United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II. Mayers-Johnson pleaded guilty in October 2019 to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

On Oct. 19, 2018, Mayers-Johnson sold one-half gram of fentanyl to the victim, who suffered a fatal drug overdose the following day. A search of the victim’s cell phone by law enforcement determined that Mayers-Johnson sold the fentanyl to the victim. In April 2019, Mayers-Johnson was arrested on a federal criminal complaint and has since remained in federal custody.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Opioid Response Team. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys J. Jamari Buxton, of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, and Ali Moghaddas, of the General Crimes Section.