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Man sentenced to over 2 decades in prison over Christmas Day death

A federal judge sentenced Gito St. Fort, of Palm Beach County, to 320 months in prison after a man's death on Christmas Day in 2023. (PBCSO, DEA)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Gito St. Fort over two decades in federal prison for selling the drugs that killed a man in Palm Beach County, prosecutors recently announced.

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A man was dead on Christmas Day 2023 after buying heroin capsules and cocaine from St. Fort while visiting his parents in Palm Beach.

Detectives believe the man used Uber to travel from his parent’s house to St. Fort’s apartment on the morning of Christmas Eve.

Federal prosecutors reported the leftover capsules of the drugs he used tested positive for fentanyl and the man’s blood had fatal levels of fentanyl.

A federal judge sentenced St. Fort on Thursday to 320 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to the distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death.


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