According to NBC 10, a Massachusetts man who was the first person charged under a Rhode Island law that provides for stiff punishments for people who sell illicit drugs that result in death.

The 57-year-old Cary Pacheco, of Westport, was sentenced last week after pleading no contest to selling the fentanyl that resulted in the death of Andrew Paiva in Newport in 2018. Pacheco was charged under Kristen's law, a 2018 law that establishes a penalty of up to life in prison for anyone who delivers a controlled substance that results in death.

He will spend 18 years in prison.