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Man gets 35 years in prison after 2 teens die from fentanyl-laced pills

Drolvin Calix-Rodriguez and Elizabeth Elliot

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — A Lawrenceville man will spend 35 years in prison after selling fentanyl-laced pills to two teenagers in Norcross who later overdosed and died.

Prosecutors say Drolvin Calix-Rodriguez sold the pills to the two teens on separate occasions in February 2023.

A third teenager survived an overdose and provided investigators with information that helped identify Calix-Rodriguez and a woman who worked with him.

Calix-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to racketeering, involuntary manslaughter and drug charges.

He was sentenced to 40 years, with 35 years to serve in prison.

The woman who worked with Calix-Rodriguez will serve 20 years.

WSB Radio’s Ashley Simmons & Rob Archer contributed to this story.