The so-called ‘Percocet Princess’, who allegedly sold drugs to Robert De Niro’s grandson and sparked allegations of an overdose, warned ‘I don’t want to kill you’ before selling fentanyl pills law enforcement officials said on Friday.
Sophia Haley Marks, 20, was detained without bail in Manhattan on Friday on federal drug charges and took fake fentanyl-laden oxycodone and Xanax the night before she was found dead, according to the criminal indictment. He is suspected of selling it to Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, 19.
Rodriguez allegedly texted Marks for the first time on June 30, asking him to buy “30s” (blue counterfeit oxycodone with numbers stamped on it), to which she replied that it was potentially dangerous. be.
“Do you really need it?” Marks replied. according to criminal charges. “I [don’t] I want to kill you “
“I don’t like serving you because they’re not ‘scripts’, so they’re not prescription-level,” she reportedly added.
Ms. Rodriguez then asked if the drug was broken with “fent or ha,” referring to fentanyl or heroin, and agreed to sell three “pressed” oxycodone tablets and two Xanax tablets to Rodriguez Tablets for $105. It is said that
Marks, known on the streets as “Princess Percocet,” allegedly used an auto service to deliver the pills to Rodriguez around 9:30 p.m. on July 1, law enforcement officials said.
She then followed up with him via text message at 2am asking him how he was and he didn’t respond.
Rodriguez was found dead of a suspected overdose in his financial district apartment on July 2, police said.
After the tragedy, police said Marks was suspected of selling a total of 50 more painkillers to an undercover agent for $1,000.
In one of the deals, she allegedly told officers that a 19-year-old friend had died after taking one of the pills on June 14, weeks before Rodriguez had an apparent overdose. there is
Officers are said to have found 156 pills and $1,500 in cash when they arrested her on Thursday night.
On Friday, Marks appeared in Manhattan federal court on three counts of drug trafficking and was held without bail. She will serve her maximum sentence of 60 years.
Dressed in a black T-shirt, she was thin, pale, and stone-faced when she simply said hello to the judge.
Marks then answered “yes” to a series of questions, including whether he understood the charges.
Mark could face up to 20 years in prison for each offense. She is scheduled to appear in court again on August 14.
“Last night, my office for the Southern District of New York authorized the arrest of Sophia Marks in connection with the distribution of counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams.
“At least one of Marks’ counterfeit pills was purchased and taken by a teenager who subsequently died of an alleged overdose. The arrest was significant because he knew it could kill people and continued to sell it anyway.An investigation is ongoing.
