Reyes was sentenced to 14 years for distribution resulting in death.

A sentence after a guilty plea is the judgment on the distribution-resulting-in-death count admitted. It is not a trial verdict, and it is not a new accusation. On Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, Kelvin Reyes, 27, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty in May to one count of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death. He had faced up to 17 years.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland account, as carried by Patch and FOX45 Baltimore, is that on the night of Jan. 13 into Jan. 14, 2023, a 15-year-old contacted Reyes on Instagram to buy fentanyl. They met near her home, in an elementary school area. Phone data, Ring footage, and social-media posts were described as corroboration of that meeting. The death is the result element of the count he admitted. It is not a reason to add a name, and it is not a trial verdict.

Her mother found her dead the next morning. The reported autopsy was fentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl intoxication. A search of Reyes's home found a scale, bags, foil, and residue. Those items are the investigation narrative behind the May plea. They are not new counts filed when the court imposed sentence. The 14 years and the five years of supervised release are the judgment on the one count he admitted. Supervised release is part of that sentence.