Mac Miller drug dealer sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison after rapper’s death
A drug dealer involved in the 2018 death of rapper Mac Miller was sentenced to 131 months in prison for his part in providing fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycontin to the “Good News” singer.
Ryan Michael Reavis had confessed in a Los Angeles federal court that he served as a middle man in the deal that led to the death of the 26-year-old musician born Malcolm James McCormick in Pittsburgh, according to Rolling Stone.
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He copped to acquiring the pills from one drug dealer, then passing them off to a third party that provided them to Miller. Reavis, 39, told the court he was unaware the pills contained the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Reavis reportedly told the court he felt “terrible” Miller died and sympathized for the performer’s grieving family.
“This is not just a regular drug case,” Reavis said. “Somebody died, and a family is never going to get their son back.”
An assistant U.S. attorney told the court that a text message sent by Reavis a year after Miller’s death indicated he was still pushing pills. He also seemed to acknowledge people had been dying from “fake blues” and that law enforcement would be cracking down on dealers.
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Prosecutors claimed Reavis was in possession of three firearms, including an untraceable “ghost gun” when he was apprehended in Arizona, where he was living, in September 2019. He had previously resided in West Hollywood. In November 2021, Reavis agreed with prosecutors to a guilty plea. His sentence was reportedly a bit more than what was recommended by probation officials, but less than what prosecutors requested.
Stephen Andrew Walter, 48, pleaded guilty to directly supplying Miller with the pills that killed him. He faces a 17-year sentence.
