A 58-year-old man has been arrested and charged after police say he sold fentanyl to a victim who believed it was heroin. The victim died after injecting the substance.
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man who sold fentanyl to a man who later died from an overdose has been charged with homicide resulting from the unlawful distribution of fentanyl.arrested 58-year-old William “Dean” Lively Wednesday on a warrant related to the victim’s death in November.
Investigators with the department said the victim purchased what he thought was heroin from Lively. He injected the substance when he returned home. The man’s wife, who drove him to purchase the heroin, later left to go to a convenience store. When she returned, investigators said she found her husband unresponsive.
Investigators said the wife contacted Lively via text messages and phone calls, requesting Narcan and help.After an autopsy was conducted, police said the victim’s death was from accidental acute drug toxicity, with the substances identified as fentanyl and alprazolam.
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