Massengale was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute resulting in death.

A prison sentence after a guilty plea is the court's judgment on the admitted count, not an open accusation. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, Senior U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups sentenced Spencer Massengale, 34, of Ogden, to 20 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl resulting in death. KUTV and the Standard-Examiner reported the same judgment and the $4,025 restitution order. The judgment rests on the July 23, 2026 plea.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah account reported by KUTV, a person was found dead on a couch inside Massengale's home on Feb. 22, 2023. Investigators recovered 330 fentanyl pills from the home. Massengale admitted he intended to distribute the pills. Prosecutors said that when a roommate called to say the person was unresponsive, Massengale asked the roommate to delay calling 911 and to hide the pills, and that Massengale did not call 911 until he returned and found the person dead. The Utah State Assistant Medical Examiner and toxicologists determined the person died from drug intoxication caused by fentanyl. Those are the facts the plea covered. They are not a second conviction.

Prosecutors said Massengale had a previous Utah conviction from December 2022 for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, with a zero-to-15-year prison term suspended for 36 months of probation. U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak said his recidivism and the consequences of the distribution resulted in the loss of another life. The Weber Morgan Narcotics Strike Force investigated. A prior state case and a prosecutor statement are background. The Sept. 29 federal sentence is the judgment on the federal plea.