A federal judge sentenced a former Montgomery County Public Schools teacher who dealt fentanyl pills that killed a customer to over 12 years in prison.
The judge sentenced Sarah Katherine Magid, 36, Wednesday to 12 years and 7 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on a charge of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said in a release.
In March 2024, Magid sold pills that looked like oxycodone pills but actually contained fentanyl to a customer in the District of Columbia. The customer went on to die, and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia found that they died from a fentanyl overdose, according to an affidavit.
In addition to her prison time, Magid is also required to pay just over $25,000 in restitution for the cost of the customer’s burial, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
In addition, a complainant reported in July 2024 that Magid exited her first-grade class during work to sell drugs, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Police ultimately found text messages corroborating the complaint.
Magid was working at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School at the time the school-hours drug dealing took place, according to WJLA-TV.
The Montgomery County Police Department arrested Magid in August 2024, at which point, she went on leave from the school system, where she started working in 2022. She has not been employed by Montgomery County Public Schools since April 2025, school system spokesperson Liliana Lopez told Bethesda Today.
Magid entered a plea deal earlier this year, according to court records.
