July 14, 2023, published at 7:51 p.m. ET
A 20-year-old known as the “Percocet Princess” has been arrested following an alleged sale Robert de Nirograndson’s fake Oxycodone and Xanax pills laced with fentanyl. Sophia Haley Marks was held without bail Friday afterward on federal narcotics charges in Manhattan RadarOnline.com exclusively revealed police launched a manhunt for the dealer to whom the illegal drugs were sold Leandro DeNiro Rodriguez.19, which resulted in the teen’s death.
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Marks is suspected of selling the pills to Rodriguez the night before he was found dead in a New York City apartment. According to the indictment, she warned De Niro’s grandson about the pills by telling him, “I don’t want to kill you,” before selling him the fentanyl-laced oxy.
Text messages indicate she tried to persuade him not to buy the pills after he reached out on June 30 to buy “thirties” – blue counterfeit oxy.
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Marks reportedly replied that they were potentially dangerous and asked him, “Do you really need them?” before warning: “I [don’t] want to kill you.
“I don’t like to serve you because it’s not a ‘script,'” she reportedly added, revealing they weren’t available by prescription.
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De Niro’s grandson asked if the pills had been cut with “fent or h,” a reference to fentanyl or heroin. Despite the warning, Marks reportedly agreed to sell him three “squeezed” oxy pills and two Xanax pills for $105.
Law enforcement sources claimed that Marks sent the four pills to Rodriguez by car around 9:30 p.m. on July 1. New York Post.
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Marks allegedly texted Rodriguez at 2 a.m. to ask if he was okay, but he never responded. De Niro’s grandchild died of one suspected overdose on July 2.
Sources told RadarOnline.com that police always suspected he had taken a drug containing fentanyl and were determined to find the culprit who sold the substance that killed Rodriguez.
The familiar with the research revealed that his lifeless body was found in a chair in a lower Manhattan apartment, he was thought to be sitting on a house.
Marks was arrested after allegedly attempting to sell 50 painkillers to undercover agents for $1,000. She allegedly told one of the officers that a 19-year-old friend of hers had died after taking the pills on June 14 — just weeks before Rodriguez was killed. shocking death.
When they took Marks into custody Thursday, police reportedly found 156 pills and $1,500 in cash.
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The “Percocet Princess” was hit with three counts of narcotics distribution and risks up to 60 years behind bars. Marks is due back in court on August 14.
De Niro released a statement shortly after his grandson’s death.
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“I am deeply saddened by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo,” said the actor. “We are extremely grateful for everyone’s condolences. We ask that we please be given privacy to mourn our loss of Leo.”
Rodriguez was the son of De Niro’s adopted daughter, Drena De Niro.