Colorado Springs woman sentenced for dealing Xanax to her son
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - A Colorado Springs mother was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison this week for dealing Xanax to her 16-year-old son.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado announced the sentence on Thursday for 49-year-old Maria Davis-Conchie.
According to the plea agreement, Davis-Conchie illegally distributed controlled substances to her teenage son and his teenage friends. Davis-Conchie provided her son and his friends with Xanax for $5 to $10 per pill and gave them cautionary instructions to not use too many of the pills at one time. For some time, Davis-Conchie’s son and one of his friends used Xanax every weekend, although some of the Xanax was from people other than Davis-Conchie.
The plea agreement explains that Davis-Conchie assumed her son would do drugs no matter what, so she decided to sell him and his friend's drugs she felt were “safe.”
In addition to Xanax, Davis-Conchie also provided the boys with marijuana, marijuana concentrate, and acid (LSD). Officials say that around December 31, 2021, Davis-Conchie purchased Xanax bars and LSD for her son and his friends. Davis-Conchie acquired these drugs and gave them to the boys because they wanted to try something different on New Years Eve, and Davis-Conchie believed psychedelic drugs like LSD were “safe.”
A federal jury convicted McGuire of distributing fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl which resulted in the death of Davis-Conchie’s son and several other charges on September 22, 2023. McGuire’s sentencing is scheduled for January 19, 2024.
“Fentanyl continues to kill members of our communities at an alarming rate. This case is almost beyond belief: A mother provided drugs to her son and then introduced him to the dealers that supplied him with fentanyl, resulting in his death,” said FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Mark Michalek. “This woman’s son is gone because of the chain of events she started, and this sentence is a consequence of her actions. We cannot ignore the devastation this drug continues to bring to countless lives here in Colorado and across the nation."
