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"Three sentenced in Gulfport Seabee overdose death"
U.S. Navy
Three people are going to federal prison for the 2022 overdose death of Navy Seabee Silas Kauakahi in Gulfport.
Kauakahi, 23, was celebrating his graduation from arms training on April 15, 2022, when he used cocaine laced with fentanyl that he had bought from Clayton Faubion and Michael Nix. He was left unconscious in Faubion's vehicle for about two hours before reaching a hospital with no pulse. He was declared brain-dead on April 21, 2022, and later removed from life support.
Faubion, 36, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute resulting in death and was sentenced Monday, Nov. 9, to 157 months in prison and a $12,000 fine. Nix, 43, entered the same plea and was sentenced Tuesday, Nov. 10, to 84 months in prison, five years of supervised release and a $3,000 fine.
Augustina Dahilig, Faubion's ex-girlfriend, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony for lying to investigators about Faubion. She was sentenced to one year in prison and one year of supervised release.
U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel presided. Prosecutors said the case was the first "but-for" prosecution in the Southern District of Mississippi, meaning Kauakahi would be alive but for the defendants' actions. The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Harrison County Sheriff's Office and the Gulfport Police Department.
Story tip: Tommy Parker, via WLOX.
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