ALPINE, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) -- A Colorado man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing fentanyl in Texas after an Alpine man died as a result of the dangerous drug.

According to court records, on January 29, 2024, 54-year-old Douglas Christopher Steele, of Denver, agreed via text message to mail 20 fentanyl pills to the work address of a man living and working in Alpine, Texas, a city in the southwest area of the state near the Mexico border. Steele then notified the victim that he'd mailed the pills on February 2 and on February 5, the man's co-worker received the FedEx delivery.

Through additional text messages, the victim and Steele discussed how "strong" the drug was and, just after midnight on February 6, the victim texted Steele and told him he'd nearly "overdosed". Later

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