An Elgin man was sentenced to 11 years in prison this week for selling a West Dundee woman the heroin/fentanyl mixture that caused her overdose death, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

       Gehovani R. Gomez, 23, of the 800 block of Bode Road, agreed to plead guilty to a charge of felony drug-induced homicide in exchange for the prison term. The deal was approved by Kane County Circuit Judge John A. Barsanti.

       Prosecutors said Gomez sold Crystal Villegas between one and 15 grams of the heroin/fentanyl mix on Sept. 6, 2018. The woman was found in her apartment at about 8 p.m. that same day, dead of heroin and fentanyl intoxication, the Kane County Coroner’s Office said.

       Under state law, Gomez must serve at least 75% of the sentence, the state’s attorney’s office said. He will receive 357 days’ credit for the time he has spent in the Kane County jail since his arrest.

       “When Crystal Villegas went looking for heroin, Mr. Gomez was there to answer the call, providing her with the dangerous illegal narcotics that caused her to die of an overdose,” Assistant State’s Attorney William Engerman said in a statement on the plea deal. ”This defendant was a drug dealer and the community should not have to tolerate that.”

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