Mid-level fentanyl dealer gets 7 years jail following 2023 Vernon police raid
David A. Taylor pleaded guilty to fentanyl trafficking and firearm charges, and the judge cited 56 overdose deaths in Vernon in 2023.
- On Friday, Aug 21, a B.C. Supreme Court judge sentenced 30-year-old David A. Taylor to seven years in jail for trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing a loaded sawed-off shotgun.
- Police raided a Vernon 'trap house' on 24th Avenue on April 26, 2023, discovering an operation with heavy barricades, shift calendars, and 'house mom duties' instructions for managing customers.
- Officers seized 17.9 grams of fentanyl valued around $5,000 and a loaded sawed-off shotgun, while fentanyl killed 56 people in Vernon during 2023.
- Justice Richard Hewson reduced the global sentence from 10 years to seven after acknowledging Taylor's "substantial strides in his own rehabilitation" through his efforts.
- Taylor, who moved to Calgary and has been clean from hard drugs for 18 months, told the court: "I chose to sell drugs and have a gun, and I'm guilty of that.
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Mid-level fentanyl dealer gets 7 years jail following 2023 Vernon police raid - The Similkameen Spotlight
A former Vernon man will spend seven years in jail for trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing a sawed-off shotgun after he was arrested in a local residence described as a “trap house,” which a B.C. Supreme Court Judge noted was set up to support a mid-level drug trafficking enterprise. David A. Taylor, 30, received the sentence Friday, Aug. 21 at the Vernon Law Courts, with Justice Richard Hewson citing the principle of totality and Tayl…
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A former Vernon man will spend seven years in jail for trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing a sawed-off shotgun after he was arrested in a local residence described as a “trap house,” which a B.C. Supreme Court Judge noted was set up to support a mid-level drug trafficking enterprise. David A. Taylor, 30, received the sentence Friday, Aug. 21 at the Vernon Law Courts, with Justice Richard Hewson citing the principle of totality and Tayl…
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