LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A former Texas Tech University professor who manufactured and distributed fentanyl - including a pink-dyed mixture branded as "pink flamingo" - was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.

Daniel Taylor, 51, pleaded guilty July 1 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix imposed the 480-month sentence Friday.