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OREGON CITY, Or. -- A 31 year-old man from St. Paul was sentenced to 80 months in prison Dec. 2 in a Clackamas County courtroom for his role in supplying a man with fentanyl, which caused the man to fatally overdose.
Colby Jungwirth pleaded guilty Nov. 26 to criminally negligent homicide related to the 2022 death of Christian Chase Robertson. An autopsy was conducted by the State Medical Examiner’s Office which ruled Robertson’s cause of death as acute fentanyl toxicity.
“Mr. Robertson’s death is extremely tragic,” said Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth. “Fentanyl is an extremely dangerous drug, and we at the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office are dedicated to prosecuting anyone who illicitly deals this drug.”
The prison sentence stems from Robertson being found deceased on June 2, 2022. The Clackamas County Interagency Task Force (CCITF), led by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, conducted an investigation and discovered Robertson had purchased fentanyl pills from Jungwirth the previous night. Phone records showed calls between Jungwirth and the timeline/GPS of Robertson’s phone traveling to St. Paul and then back home. Robertson was found deceased the following morning.
Later that same day, CCITF set up a deal to purchase fentanyl pills from Jungwirth near his home in St. Paul. Jungwirth was then arrested and interviewed before he admitted to selling Robertson fentanyl pills the night before his death. Jungwirth also admitted to knowing the dangers associated with fentanyl and explained he told Robertson “to be careful” with the drugs.
The Clackamas County District Attorney’s office appreciates the investigative work of CCITF. CCITF is supported by our community with the passage of the Sheriff’s Public Safety Levy and grant funding from the Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program. The CCITF is comprised of members from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Canby Police Department, Oregon State Police, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and FBI, and works to disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking organizations operating in and around Clackamas County, and reduce illegal drugs and related crimes throughout the community.
