Haynes was found guilty April 10 of selling a fake fentanyl-laced pill to 16-year-old Zarek McMeekin, who died of fentanyl poisoning in 2023.
GEORGETOWN, Texas — A Williamson County judge on Friday morning sentenced a fentanyl dealer convicted of first-degree murder to 30 years in prison.
Kreli Haynes was found guilty April 10 of selling a fake fentanyl-laced pill to 16-year-old Zarek McMeekin, who died of fentanyl poisoning in 2023.
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- GEORGETOWN, Texas — A Williamson County judge on Friday morning sentenced a fentanyl dealer convicted of first-degree murder to 30 years in prison.
- The sentencing phase began Tuesday, where the judge heard testimony from 11 people about the lives and character of both McMeekin and Haynes, along with what they had been involved in leading up to McMeekin’s death.
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