Carlsbad Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of Carlsbad Woman

SAN DIEGO - Cameron William Fulston of Carlsbad was sentenced in federal court today to 144 months in prison for coordinating the sale of the fentanyl that resulted in the fatal overdose of 25-year-old Carlsbad resident Danielle Good in 2023.

"Danielle's life was much more than her final moments," said U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon, "Danielle was a beloved daughter and sister. Our office prosecutes these fatal drug distribution cases in part because we value the humanity of those victims of the fentanyl epidemic."

"Fentanyl continues to steal lives," said DEA Special Agent in Charge James Nunnallee. "The defendant in this case didn't just arrange a deadly sale, he abandoned a young woman in her final moments and then chose deception over accountability. His selfish actions denied the victim and her family the future they deserved."

According to court documents, on September 9, 2023, Fulston contacted the victim on social media and arranged for her to come meet him and his co-defendant and source of supply, prolific drug dealer Bryan Kim Bullard. Fulston coordinated with Bullard to supply Good with fentanyl at a Mission Valley apartment. As Bullard supplied the fatal fentanyl to the victim, he sent Fulston to a nearby restaurant to pick up food, then messaged him quickly thereafter to ask for Narcan at 11:17 p.m.

Despite early signs of a medical emergency, the defendants both failed to seek help for over an hour while Good lay dying of an overdose in a bathtub. It was not until more than an hour later, at 12:22 a.m., that Bullard called 911 from Good's phone, then fled the scene before help arrived. During the critical delay, Fulston and Bullard had two Facebook video conversations during which, despite Good's rapidly deteriorating condition, no one sought help for her. Instead, Bullard engaged in multiple Facebook video chats and sent disturbing messages, including a video showing the unconscious and unclothed victim in the bathtub.

During Bullard's 9-1-1 call, he stated, "overdose, overdose," and that he was calling from "…her phone…" While the dispatcher was trying to explain life saving measures, Bullard stopped talking, and the call ended.

San Diego Police officers were dispatched immediately, at approximately 12:23 a.m., to the Mission Valley apartment complex. Bullard fled the scene before police arrived. While law enforcement was on scene, Fulston arrived back at the apartment. Fulston told police a series of lies in an effort to distance himself from the overdose but eventually admitted that Good originally came to the apartment with him, as seen on video surveillance. The evidence in the case reflected that Fulston let Bullard know when police and paramedics had left so that it was safe to return. Afterwards, the defendants immediately resumed distributing drugs, with Fulston offering to provide drugs to at least three different users on Facebook in the span of just a few hours that same morning.

Prosecutors argued for a significant sentence, arguing that the defendant's egregious conduct in this case resulted in the loss of life and his indifference towards continued drug distribution put the public at continuous risk and demanded a significant custodial sanction.

Fulston pleaded guilty to Distribution of a Controlled Substance in September 2025. Bullard, who pleaded guilty to the same charge in December 2024, was sentenced in July 2025 to 20 years in prison, the statutory maximum sentence.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jill Streja.

Special Agents and Task Force Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration's Overdose Response Team (formerly known as Team 10) led the investigation. This case is the result of ongoing efforts by the U.S. Attorney's Office, the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the San Diego Police Department, the La Mesa Police Department, National Guard Counterdrug Task Force and the California Department of Health Care Services to investigate and prosecute the distribution of dangerous illegal drugs-fentanyl in particular-that result in overdose deaths. The Drug Enforcement Administration created the Overdose Response Team as a response to the increase in overdose deaths in San Diego County.

The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, created by Congress with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, provides assistance to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies operating in areas determined to be critical drug-trafficking regions of the United States. This grant program is administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). There are currently 33 HIDTAs, and HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states, as well as in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia.

DEFENDANTS Case Number 24cr1063

Cameron William Fulston Age: 31 Carlsbad

SUMMARY OF CHARGES

Distribution of Controlled Substance (fentanyl), in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1)

Maximum penalty: Twenty years in prison

INVESTIGATING AGENCIES

Drug Enforcement Administration

San Diego County District Attorney's Office

Homeland Security Investigations

San Diego Police Department

La Mesa Police Department

California Department of Health Care Services