Laura Kimble, senior drug chemist and forensic scientist with the Hamilton County CoronerÕs Crime Laboratory located in Blue Ash, counts out fake oxycodone, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Legally prescribed, the drug is used to relieve severe pain. It is an opioid analgesic. The fake pills contain fentanyl and acetaminophen. But though the drugs were confiscated in the same drug bust, theyÕre not all the same. Kimble said one pill tested with no actual drugs in it. She noted the discoloration and smudging of the letters. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid and is 100 times more potent than morphine. Covid Death Hit One Million
San Diego, California – Bryan Kim Bullard built his reputation as a prolific drug dealer in San Diego County, but the moment that sealed his fate was not a sale—it was a silence. On the night of September 9, 2023, as 25-year-old Danielle Good lay unconscious in a bathtub, Bullard waited. He texted friends, made video calls, and recorded footage of her body. What he didn’t do was seek help.
That delay—more than an hour between his request for Narcan and a 9-1-1 call—ended in tragedy. On Friday, Bullard was sentenced in federal court to 20 years in prison, the maximum allowed under the law, for his role in distributing fentanyl that led to Danielle’s death and his subsequent failure to intervene.
The court heard disturbing details of Bullard’s actions that night. Though he recognized early that Danielle was in medical distress, he prioritized online chats and documented her condition in a video he later circulated. When he finally called emergency services, he used her phone and said little beyond the word “overdose.” He ended the call before life-saving instructions could be provided. He fled the Mission Valley apartment before police arrived.
What unfolded in the courtroom Friday was not just a sentencing—it was a confrontation with a pattern. Prosecutors described Bullard as indifferent, habitual, and dangerous. “A one-man crime wave,” said U.S. Chief District Judge Cynthia A. Bashant, who noted that Bullard has spent most of his adult life in custody and continued dealing fentanyl after Danielle’s death.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jill Streja argued that Bullard’s behavior showed no remorse. Even after watching Danielle die, he resumed drug sales the same day. Messages he sent to friends reflected irritation—not grief—over what he called the “mess” her overdose created. Streja said the sentence was necessary to protect the public and called Bullard’s continued trafficking an act of “extreme indifference.”
Danielle’s family attended the hearing and spoke with raw clarity about the hole left behind. Her mother, Cheryl Good, stood before the court holding her daughter’s ashes. She described a young woman who overcame trauma and radiated care—volunteering with the elderly and special needs children, bringing joy to those around her. “My heart shattered when I learned that she had died alone,” she said.
The case was the result of a multi-agency investigation led by the DEA’s Overdose Response Team. As fentanyl continues to fuel overdose deaths across California, law enforcement officials hope this sentencing sends a message. But for families like the Goods, there is no real justice—only a void where someone once lived, and a sentence that came too late to save her.
