A federal judge sentenced a former Montgomery County Public Schools teacher who dealt fentanyl pills that killed a customer to over 12 years in prison.
The judge sent Sarah Katherine Magid, 36, to prison for 12 years and seven months, followed by three years of supervised release, on a charge of conspiracy to distribute the drug, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said in a release.
In March 2024, Magid sold pills that looked like oxycodone medicine but contained fentanyl to a customer in the District of Columbia. The customer went on to die, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia found that the death came from a fentanyl overdose, according to an affidavit.
In addition to her prison time, Magid is required to pay just over $25,000 in restitution for the cost of the customer’s burial, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
The issue developed in July 2024, when a complainant said Magid exited her first-grade class at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School to sell drugs, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Police ultimately found text messages corroborating the complaint.
The Montgomery County Police Department arrested Magid the next month.
Magid entered a plea deal this year, according to court records.
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