FAIR OAKS, Calif. — A fentanyl dealer out of Fair Oaks was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the fentanyl-related murder of a woman, the Placer County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
The district attorney's office said Aaron Dare, 26, pleaded guilty to murder on Dec. 6 for the death of Haleigh Yarbrough. Dare, a fentanyl dealer, sold the woman a lethal amount of fentanyl.
“With fentanyl being 50-100 times stronger than heroin, the defendant still chose to line his pockets with money. Instead of making an honest living, he chose a life of exploiting others,” said Yarbrough's father in a victim impact statement.
Dare was arrested after an investigation by the Placer Special Investigations Unit, which consisted of efforts from the California Department of Justice, the Placer County Sheriff's Office, Roseville Police Department, Rocklin Police Department Auburn Police Department and the Placer County Probation Department.
"We will continue to hold those who sell this deadly poison in our community accountable," said Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire. “Our team is dedicated to disrupting and dismantling this market- from both supply and demand. Our hearts are with the victims and families of those lost in this terrible crisis and we will continue our aggressive pursuit until the dealers of this poison claim no more lives."
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