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Boone Woman Charged in Connection With Son’s Fatal Overdose

Reads the original article on the Watauga Online website.

A Boone woman has been charged with death by distribution in connection with the November 2025 overdose death of her son, according to court records and reporting by multiple media outlets.

Shari Rogers Treadway

Shari Rogers Treadway, 66, of Boone, a former nurse at Watauga Medical Center, was arrested Wednesday evening, Sept. 16, by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant from the Boone Police Department. She faces a charge of death by distribution (delivery), a Class C felony, in addition to embezzlement and drug diversion charges. Court dates are scheduled for Oct. 5 and Oct. 19.

Court documents list Nov. 6, 2025, as the date of the offenses. Investigators allege that Treadway, who had access to controlled substances through her nursing position, diverted Adderall and hydromorphone — both Schedule II controlled substances — and that she delivered fentanyl and cocaine to her son, Seth Treadway, that same day. The ingestion of those substances is alleged to have proximately caused his death.

The embezzlement and drug diversion charge was originally filed in January and was indicted by a Watauga County grand jury in March. The North Carolina Board of Nursing has since suspended Treadway’s license. In its filing, the board said some of the controlled substances found in her home “allegedly matched the hospital lot numbers” tied to inventory missing from Watauga Medical Center. The board also confirmed that Seth Treadway was her son.

Death by distribution is a felony under North Carolina law (G.S. 14-18.4), enacted in 2019 and expanded in 2023 in response to the opioid crisis. The law applies when someone unlawfully delivers or sells certain controlled substances and a user dies as a proximate result.

Woman Charged In Death Case

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Shari Rogers Treadway

TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. (WACB) – A Boone woman was arrested Wednesday evening (September 16) by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant from Boone connected to a death case. The Boone Police Department issued a warrant naming 66-year-old Shari Rogers Treadway. The charge is felony death by distribution.

According to our news partner WACB, the charge involves the suspect allegedly supplying fentanyl and cocaine to a user who died. Court records state the offense occurred November 6, 2025. Treadway has a previous pending charge from January in Watauga County for felony embezzle/divert a controlled substance. The suspect was indicted on the charge by a Watauga County Grand Jury in March.

Treadway was transferred to the Watauga County Detention Center according to Alexander County Sheriff Chad Pennell. Court dates are scheduled for October 5 and 19.

Alexander County Deputies Serve Warrant To Woman Wanted For Death By Distribution

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A Boone woman was arrested Wednesday evening by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office.

Shari Rogers Treadway

The Boone Police Department issued a warrant naming 66-year-old Shari Rogers Treadway. The charge is felony death by distribution. The charge involves the suspect allegedly supplying fentanyl and cocaine to a user who died.

Treadway has a previous pending charge from January in Watauga County for felony embezzle/divert a controlled substance. The suspect was indicted on the charge by a Watauga County Grand Jury in March.

Treadway is being transferred to the Watauga County Detention Center as of noon today according to Alexander County Sheriff Chad Pennell.

Photo: Alexander County Sheriff’s Office

Two charged in overdose death

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Jordan Bass

ROSE HILL — An overdose death on Monday, Aug. 10, led to the arrest of two individuals, who now face felony charges. Deputies with the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call on Powell Page Road in the Rose Hill area Monday, where Christopher Tucker, 33, was found deceased inside a residence. The death appeared to be the result of an overdose, according to an Aug. 11 Facebook post from the sheriff’s office.

The Duplin County Operations Division of the sheriff’s office investigated the death and subsequently arrested and charged 20-year-old Jordan Bass and 29-year-old Hailee Thompson in connection with Tucker’s death.

Hailee Thompson

Bass was charged with one felony count of death by distribution, while Thompson was charged with one felony count of conspiracy of death by distribution.

Both are being held in the Duplin County Jail under no bond.

Two arrested in Duplin County fentanyl overdose death

DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) – Two people are behind bars on overdose charges after Duplin County deputies found a dead man inside a home yesterday.

Deputies said they were called to a home on Powell Page Road and found 33-year-old Christopher Tucker dead from a fentanyl overdose.

Jordan Bass, 20, was charged with death by distribution, while 29-year-old Hailee Thompson was charged with conspiracy of death by distribution.

Both are being held in jail without bond.

Fayetteville police urge community members to carry Narcan due to extreme opioid overdoses

The Fayetteville Police Department said they have seen an increase in drug overdoses from synthetic opioids in the past several months. Police are encouraging community members to carry Naloxone (Narcan). It is a nasal spray that will rapidly reverse an opioid overdose and restore breathing.

Fayetteville police are urging community members to carry Narcan due to a large number of opioid overdoses in the area. 

The Fayetteville Police Department said they have seen an increase in drug overdoses from synthetic opioids in the past several months. Police are encouraging community members to carry Naloxone (Narcan). It is a nasal spray that will rapidly reverse an opioid overdose and restore breathing. 

“Our immediate priority is preventing the additional loss of life. Synthetic opioids do not discriminate, and one exposure can be fatal,” said Fayetteville Police Department Major Shawn Strepay. “We ask everyone in our community to take this warning seriously and to call 911 immediately if an overdose is suspected.”

Police were called to a location on Saturday where three people were experiencing overdoses. Upon arrival, officers began lifesaving measures and called EMS. Two people died, and one person was taken to the hospital in serious condition. 

People around Fayetteville agreed that carrying Narcan is a smart preventative measure while acknowledging the need for addiction resources.

“Even though Narcan is a very important preventative measure, I think there’s more things that could get to the root of the issue before that,” said Indie Luther, a Fayetteville resident.

“We urge friends and family members to have those difficult, but necessary, conversations with loved ones struggling with substance abuse. Warn them about this circulating danger and encourage them to seek help before it is too late,” Strepay said.

That message was echoed by another resident who works with Fayetteville Pride, which an organization supporting the city’s LGBTQ+ community and allies.

“Down here especially we have a lot of unhoused people,” said Krystal Maddox. “We do a lot of community activities and a lot of work in the community, so I know a lot of our members carry it.”

Where to find Naloxone (Narcan):
  • Naloxone is available for free from the Cumberland County Department of Public Health, located at 1235 Ramsey St.
  • Local pharmacies will offer Nalaxone without a prescription.
  • For more information on distribution, visit naloxonesave-nc.org
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