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Kinston man charged with death by distribution following woman’s fatal overdose

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KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) – A Kinston man is facing charges following a fatal drug overdose investigation.

Around 8:30 a.m. on April 8th, Kinston police say they were called to the 2400 block of Carey Road for a reported fentanyl overdose.

When they arrived, officers found 28-year-old Andrea Grant unresponsive inside the home.

Emergency crews performed life-saving measures on Grant, and she was airlifted to ECU Health, where she was put on life support.

Kinston officers began an investigation into the overdose and identified 31-year-old Michael Oates as the individual responsible for providing Grant with the drugs.

On April 9th, officers pulled Oates over. He was arrested and found with marijuana laced with fentanyl, marijuana and a gun.

Police say Grant was taken off life support on Saturday and died as a result of her injuries.

Detectives got warrants to arrest Oates for death by distribution following her death.

He was additionally charged with trafficking fentanyl, possession of marijuana and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Oates was served the warrants and remains in the Lenoir County Jail without bond.

Kinston drug dealer arrested after fatal overdose

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KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — A Kinston man is in custody and charged with death by distribution after a fatal overdose.

Michael Oats

On April 8, around 8:30 a.m. officers with the Kinston Police Department responded to a reported fentanyl overdose at a residence of Carey Road.

There they found 28-year-old Andrea Grant unresponsive and after EMS’ efforts, Grant was airlifted to ECU Health and placed on life support.

An investigation by KPD detectives and members of KPD’s B-Squad identified 31-year-old Michael Oats as the fentanyl distributor.

The next day, KPD officers carried out a traffic stop involving Oats. During that stop on April 9, Oats was taken into custody and found to be in possession of marijuana laced with fentanyl, marijuana, and a firearm.

Andrea Grant was removed from life support on April 11 and died from her condition. After this, detectives obtained warrants on Oats for Death by Distribution.

Oats remains in custody at the Lenoir County Jail.

In addition to Death by Distribution, Oats has been charged with the following:

  • · Trafficking Fentanyl
  • · Felony Possession of Marijuana
  • · Possession of a Firearm by a Felon

Charlotte mother charged with murder after baby’s fentanyl overdose

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CHARLOTTE — A woman in Charlotte is facing a murder charge after police say her 9-month-old daughter died from a fentanyl overdose this summer.

According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Departmnet, officers got a call on July 7 for an unresponsive infant at an apartment complex on Orchard Trace Lane. The girl was taken to the hospital, but she was pronounced deceased.

Channel 9 obtained an affidavit that says the baby’s mother, Hallie Ingram, told detectives that she gave the girl a bottle and put her in a pack and play around 9 a.m. and the girl was acting normal. Ingram said she took a nap for about an hour, and when she woke up, she found the girl unresponsive.

Two men charged in separate death by distribution cases: High Point Police

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HIGH POINT, N.C. — Two men have been arrested and charged by High Point police in separate death by distribution cases recently, HPPD said.

Tyler S. Hazelwood, 34, was arrested for the 2024 drug overdose that killed a 29-year-old man, according to police. 

Hazelwood was charged with felony death by distribution and felony possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver a schedule II controlled substance.

He is being held on a $500,000 bond.

In a separate case, police arrested Abdullah Kindle, 38, for another overdose that killed a 29-year-old man, police said.

Police said officers delivered naloxone to the victim and tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead on the scene.

Kindle was charged with felony death by distribution and felony possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver a schedule II controlled substance.

He is being held on a $2 million bond.

2 charged in connection with fatal overdoses in High Point, police say

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HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Two men have been arrested and charged in two separate death by distribution cases, according to the High Point Police Department.

On Thursday, Tyler Shane Hazelwood, 34, of Rural Hall, was arrested in connection with the January 2024 fatal drug overdose of a 29-year-old man found dead inside a home on Middlewood Court.

Hazelwood was charged with felony death by distribution and possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance. His bond was set at $500,000.

In June, Abdullah Kindle, 38, of High Point, was arrested in connection with a separate death by distribution case regarding the fatal overdose of a 29-year-old man at a home on East Green Drive. Kindle was arrested on July 28.

Kindle remains in the Guilford County Jail with a $2 million bond.

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