Banning man who equipped lethal dose of fentanyl to 15-year-old sentenced to 12 years

A probationer who offered a deadly dose of fentanyl to a 15-year-old lady was sentenced on Friday, March 29 to 12 years in state jail.

James Leon Dailey, 51, of Banning was arrested final July following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the dying of Faith Alainz, additionally of Banning.

Dailey final week pleaded responsible to voluntary manslaughter beneath a plea settlement with the District Attorney’s Office. In trade for his admission, prosecutors dropped fees of second-degree homicide and youngster cruelty in opposition to him.

During a listening to on the Banning Justice Center Friday, Superior Court Judge Joshlyn Pulliam licensed the phrases of the plea deal and imposed the sentence stipulated by the prosecution and protection.

According to sheriff’s Sgt. Sean Liebrand, in early January 2023, Alainz was reported lacking by her household, culminating in an investigation that led to the Hathaway Creek space on the Morongo Band of Mission Indians’ reservation.

“Upon arrival, deputies situated a deceased feminine within the backseat of a car,” Liebrand mentioned.

He mentioned investigators shortly confirmed the sufferer was Alainz.

“The coroner’s bureau in the end decided that Alainz died because of fentanyl poisoning,” the sergeant mentioned.

Central Homicide Unit detectives started gathering proof, which pointed to Dailey because the provider of the drug. The felon was charged within the case 5 months later.

It was unclear how lengthy Dailey and the sufferer had been acquainted, or the character of their relationship.

According to courtroom information, the defendant had prior convictions for arson, home violence, false imprisonment, housebreaking and felony evading. He had served time in state jail.

Since February 2021, greater than two dozen folks countywide have been charged in reference to fentanyl poisonings.