United States of America v. Bailey A. Szramowski and Johnnese H. Poomaihealani

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846 resulting in death.

Bailey A. Szramowski provided an active-duty U.S. Navy servicemember assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln with 10 purported oxycodone pills in December 2022. The victim, identified in court records by his initials, A.N., overdosed and died of acute fentanyl intoxication in January 2023.

Despite knowing of A.N.’s death, Szramowski sold three more purported oxycodone pills to another sailor, identified as C.L., just 10 days later. After that sailor was taken to the hospital for a suspected overdose from which he recovered, Szramowski and Johnnese H. Poomaihealani called C.L. and instructed C.L. to tell law enforcement he received the pills from A.N. and not Szramowski.

The Defendants elected to plead guilty.