RIVERSIDE, California –
A San Bernardino County man was arrested Friday on a federal grand jury indictment that alleges he sold fentanyl to a woman last year who soon afterward suffered a fatal overdose from the powerful synthetic opioid, officials stated.
John Biagianti, 31, of Upland, was arrested Friday at his residence by federal and local law enforcement.
He is charged with one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.
According to an indictment filed on April 6, Biagianti on August 8, 2021 gave fentanyl to a victim, who ingested the drug and died the following day.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Overdose Death Investigations and Narcotics Unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Los Angeles Division investigated this matter, according to officials.