Nampa man pleads guilty to selling his friend the drugs that killed him

NAMPA, Idaho (CBS2) — A Nampa man has pled guilty in District Court to distributing the very drugs that killed his friend and co-worker.

37-year-old Tanner Goforth of Nampa has pled guilty to the distribution of fentanyl after he sold the drug to a co-worker which led to his overdose death.

U.S. Attorney for Idaho Josh Hurwit's office announced in a statement released on Thursday that Goforth met his co-worker on May 17, 2022, and sold him 10 fentanyl pills. The victim went home and ingested the fentanyl intravenously, and died almost immediately.

Court records show that the victim's girlfriend arrived nearly 30 minutes later, called 911, and began performing CPR. Nampa Polie and Firefighters arrived and began administering life-saving procedures, including Narcan, but unfortunately, none of it worked.

Goforth will be sentenced at a hearing scheduled for May 30.