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22-year-old charged with death by distribution in Brunswick County overdose
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BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A 22-year-old North Carolina man has been charged with death by distribution following an investigation into a fatal overdose in Brunswick County.
According to the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, Dallas Sutton died from an overdose on July 16, 2026.
Investigators said methamphetamine and fentanyl were found at the scene, and toxicology results later confirmed both substances were in Sutton’s system at the time of her death.
Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division and Vice and Narcotics Division identified Jordan Anthony Scott, 22, of Stoneville, as a suspect.
According to investigators, evidence indicated Scott supplied controlled substances to Sutton before her death.
Scott has since been charged with death by distribution.
The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office said it remains committed to investigating overdose deaths and holding those responsible for distributing dangerous drugs accountable.
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Sanford men charged in same woman’s death
Separate warrants allege both men delivered the substance that killed Mary Yarter
Read the original article on the Harnett Daily Record website.
Two Sanford men face aggravated death by distribution charges after separate Harnett County warrants allege each delivered a controlled substance to the same woman in connection with her death.
Demetrios Antwon Faucette, 40, of Highland Circle, and Carlos Honorio Peoples, 39, of Hawkins Avenue, are charged in separate cases involving the death of Mary Yarter. Court records list Aug. 23 as the alleged offense date in both cases.
According to the arrest warrants, Faucette and Peoples are each accused of delivering a controlled substance to Yarter, whose ingestion of the substance allegedly caused her death.
Neither warrant identifies the controlled substance.
Court records do not explain whether the men are accused of acting together, whether the charges involve the same delivery of drugs or what role investigators allege each man played in the circumstances leading to Yarter’s death.
An obituary for Mary Elise Yarter, 26, of Sanford, published by Miller-Boles Funeral Home, lists Carlos Peoples as her husband. The obituary does not include a middle name for Peoples.
Both aggravated death by distribution charges are classified as Class B1 felonies.
Leonardo Castellanos of the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office is listed as the complainant in both cases. Warrants for both men were issued Oct. 1.
Faucette was arrested Oct. 4 and made his first appearance by video the following day. District Court Judge Terry F. Rose set his bond at $500,000 secured, and attorney Jonathan W. Stillo was appointed to represent him.
Raleigh Dealer Receives 27-Year Federal Prison Sentence for Fatal Fentanyl Overdose
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RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Kenneth Omar Roger Chung, also known as “Skully”, 53, of Raleigh, NC, to 27 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a 26-year-old Raleigh man. In addition, he was also sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to sell fentanyl, meth, and cocaine. Chung pleaded guilty to the charges on May 20, 2026.
“When you sell drugs, you know people can die. This isn’t just everyday dealing. He chose profit over human life. Chung kept pushing poison even after he knew someone had died, just went right back out looking for his next customer. This 27-year federal sentence protects the people of the Eastern District of North Carolina for decades and delivers the serious punishment his actions deserved and demanded. The message is simple: Drugs kill. Prison follows. Do the right thing,” said U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle.
On March 28, 2023, the Raleigh Police Department responded to a 911 call and found a 26-year-old man dead from a drug overdose. Officers seized heroin, purple fentanyl powder, and 11 Xanax pills from his backpack. An autopsy confirmed he died from a fentanyl overdose. Evidence on his cell phone showed Chung had delivered the drugs the night before. Soon afterward, law enforcement conducted several controlled drug buys, including purple fentanyl, directly from Chung and his co-defendant, Jermaine Robinson.
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FLETCHER, N.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Fletcher Police Department reports a man has been arrested in connection with an overdose death in 2025.
Justin Callahan is facing a charge of death by distribution through unlawful sale of certain controlled substances.
Officers said the victim was found in March 2025. Their death was caused by fentanyl and cocaine toxicity.
Callahan was arrested on July 17 and is being held without bond at the Henderson County Detention Center, according to police.
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RALEIGH MAN CHARGED AFTER WENDELL WOMAN, 56, DIES FROM FENTANYL HE ALLEGEDLY SOLD HER
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A 35-year-old Raleigh man has been charged with death by distribution after a 56-year-old Wendell woman fatally overdosed on fentanyl she allegedly bought from him. Jimmie Gerrell McKinnie was already sitting in jail on other Wake County charges when investigators tied him to the woman’s death, and he remained jailed without bail as of Wednesday morning.
According to the Raleigh News & Observer, McKinnie is charged with death by distribution and conspiracy to sell or deliver a Schedule II controlled substance. Court records cited by the paper show the alleged fentanyl sale happened on June 18, 2025, and public records indicate the woman died the very next day, June 19, 2025.
How Investigators Say They Caught McKinnie Selling Fentanyl
The case against McKinnie did not start with the Wendell woman’s death. The News & Observer’s report notes that the Raleigh Police Department opened an investigation into him in February 2025 after receiving an anonymous complaint alleging he was selling fentanyl. That inquiry led to a separate charge: trafficking fentanyl by possession tied to a February 2025 incident, for which McKinnie posted a $3,000 secured bail bond, court records show.
The same reporting states that investigators later witnessed McKinnie selling suspected drugs to a woman at a Burger King on Rock Quarry Road. The account also describes a March search application that described McKinnie himself as a validated gang member, and it references a confidential informant who obtained a price quote from McKinnie for fentanyl.
A Long History of Drug Charges in Wake County
Court records reviewed by the outlet show McKinnie has been convicted of drug-related charges several times in Wake County, including a possession of heroin conviction in May 2019. By the time the death by distribution charge was filed, he was already being held in jail on several pending Wake County charges, and per the same account, he remained in custody without bail as of Wednesday morning.
North Carolina has a controlled-substances statute maintained by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Resources for Wake County Residents
Wake County runs a drug overdose prevention coalition that connects residents to educational resources and tracks metrics like treatment access, according to the county’s Wake County government page. The county also references a methadone clinic in North Raleigh that offers medication-assisted therapy and counseling for people seeking help overcoming addiction to heroin, fentanyl and other opioids, per the county’s opioid settlement page.
2nd arrest made in Wake County woman’s deadly overdose in 2025, deputies say
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A second arrest was announced Thursday after an arrest earlier this week in connection with a woman’s deadly overdose in Wake County last summer, according to a Wake County Sheriff’s Office news release.
According to a warrant filed by the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, Jimmie Gerrell McKinnie of Raleigh is accused of selling fentanyl to Jessica Anne Basinger on June 18, 2025, which caused her death.
Basinger, 56, of Wendell, died the following day, leaving behind her husband, four children, and two grandchildren, according to her obituary.
Her friends told CBS 17 News that the community misses her. She lived in the same neighborhood along Pointers Glen Way in Wendell for more than twenty years.
“It was a shock. She had gone through hard times, but she was a great person,” one neighbor said. “She had a will to fight and keep going.”
The warrant shows McKinnie, who was arrested Tuesday, is also accused of conspiring to deliver the fentanyl. Thomas Carroll, 30, was arrested in the case on Thursday with help from the Asheville Police Department, the sheriff’s office news release said.
McKinnie, 35, was charged with death by distribution by sale and conspiracy to deliver a Schedule II controlled substance, according to court records.
Carroll was charged with felony death by distribution sale and felony conspire sell/deliver a schedule II controlled substance, the sheriff’s office said.
According to records, McKinnie made his first appearance in Wake County court on Wednesday and was not given bond. His next appearance has not been scheduled as of Wednesday.
Carroll is being held in the Buncombe County Detention Facility without bond.
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office said the incident remains under investigation.
Records show McKinnie was convicted of three felonies in Wake County between 2014 and 2019, which were one count attempted common law robbery and two counts of possession of heroin.
In February, according to records, McKinnie was indicted in Wake County Superior Court on a habitual felon charge due to his three convictions.
According to records, McKinnie also has active felony cases against him from the Raleigh Police Department. He is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon in connection with a shooting last November and possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana in connection with an incident in March.