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Jerimiah Hargrove, 20, of Selma, is charged with death by distribution and selling a Schedule II controlled substance.
Carrboro police arrested a man Wednesday and charged him in connection with another man’s overdose death.
Jerimiah Hargrove, 20, of Selma, is charged with death by distribution and selling a Schedule II controlled substance.
Carrboro police said Hargrove sold a controlled substance to Serguei Ndinga Momo, who died of an overdose on June 27, 2023, at the age of 21.
Police said the substance was the cause of Momo’s death.
Authorities are holding Hargrove at the Wayne County Jail on an $80,000 bond.
Police urged people to call 911 if someone is overdosing.
North Carolina’s Good Samaritan Law allows for people to report an overdose – their own or someone else’s – without fear of criminal prosecution.