An Oregon couple known for dealing drugs was sentenced to federal prison time Tuesday after they were linked to a fentanyl poisoning death, the U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Oregon said.

Brian Ramos, 49, was sentenced to 70 months in prison while his wife, 41-year-old Christine Ramos, received a 51-month prison sentence.

The couple must also serve five years of post-prison supervision.

According to court documents, back in May of 2018, a man stopped by the Ramoses home in Yoncalla after he was released from a residential drug treatment program.

He died of fentanyl poisoning later that day.

The Ramoses confirmed that the man had visited their home but denied selling him pills. When talking with investigators, Christine Ramos did admit to selling the man pills for up to two years before his overdose death, saying she stopped at one point “after learning the man was injecting the pills,” but then resumed selling to him again later.

Detectives searched the home and found several dozen grams of meth, 260 pills, drug paraphernalia, and digital scales. They also found several pills that tested positive for fentanyl in the Ramoses’ vehicles.

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Evidence from Brian’s phone showed that he did sell a pill to the man who died of fentanyl poisoning.

The Ramoses were formally charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, oxycodone, and hydromophone in August of 2018. They both waived indictment and pleaded guilty in March of 2021.

The case was investigated by the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team and the Drug Enforcement Administration, and prosecuted by Jeffrey S. Sweet, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.