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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.

Wallace man charged with felony in connection to 2024 fentanyl overdose death

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A Wallace man is behind bars and charged in relation to an overdose death from March, 2024.

Elijan Eddie Robinson was arrested on Monday, Feb. 17, by the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Division following an investigation that began on March 7, 2024.

In March, 2024, Deputies responded to a call on NC 50 South in Rose Hill where they found Jacey Newkirk was found deceased in her residence.

Per a release, through an ongoing investigation, narcotic investigators with the DCSO Special Operations Division (SOD) with assistance from the DCSO Criminal Investigation Division (CID) determined that the victim had obtained narcotics from Robinson prior to her death. On February 13, 2025, the North Carolina State Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that the cause of death was a fentanyl overdose.

As a result of the investigation, Elijah Eddie Robinson has been charged with:

Death by Distribution (Felony – 1 Count)

Robinson is currently being held in the Duplin County Jail on a $250,000 bond. Sheriff Stratton Stokes would like to thank Beulaville Police Chief Karl Mobley for his assistance in this case as well.

North Carolina man charged with death by distribution in fentanyl overdose

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ROSE HILL, N.C. (WNCT) — A Duplin County man was charged with death by distribution in connection to a fentanyl overdose death in Rose Hill in March of 2024.

Elijah Eddie Robinson, of Wallace, was identified as a suspect after an investigation by the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office after deputies responded to a call on South N.C. Highway 50 where a female identified as Jacey Newkirk was found dead in her home.

The death appeared to be the result of an overdose. Investigators found Newkirk had gotten narcotics from Robinson prior to her death. On February 13, 2025, the N.C. State Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Newkirk’s death was due to a fentanyl overdose.

Robinson was jailed in the Duplin County Jail under a $250,000 bond.

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