Police charge Matthew Porter with his brother’s death after giving him fentanyl.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A man was charged with the death of his brother on Wednesday after police said he gave him fentanyl.
Police arrested Matthew Glenn Porter, 37, in relation to an overdose investigation into the death of his brother Jeffrey Allen Porter, 38.
Jefferey was found unresponsive in his home back in Sept. 2024. He was taken to the hospital where he later died, according to police. The Medical Examiner ruled he died by overdose.
In an arrest warrant obtained by WFMY News 2, police said Matthew gave Jeffery the fentanyl.
Matthew was charged with one count of death by distribution and has a $200,000 bond.
Authorities arrested Donta Octovius Williams after linking him to the drug-related death of an adult and the death of a baby by dehydration.
DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — A man has been arrested after a grand jury indicted him on charges of death by distribution and second-degree murder related to the deaths of an infant and an adult who were found dead inside a home in Davidson County in June 2024, the sheriff’s office says.
Deputies said the adult victim’s cause of death was suspected to be a drug overdose.
During the investigation, deputies identified Donta Octovius Williams from High Point as the person who gave the drugs to the adult victim while the baby was there.
Once the toxicology and autopsy results were received, the cause of death for the adult was shown to be due to Fentanyl Toxicity. The cause of death for the baby was due to dehydration.
On March 24, a State Grand Jury returned true bills of indictment for Williams on the charges of death by distribution and second-degree murder,
On March 27, members of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office and High Point Police Department arrested Williams on the criminal indictments without incident. He was taken to the Davidson County Jail with the pre-condition of release set to a $750,000 secured bond.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Pictures of a Greensboro lady who died from a fentanyl overdose are being seen from The Gate City to The Big Apple, due to efforts from her grandmother.
When traveling along Lawndale Dr. Greensboro drivers may notice the face of Ashley Whaby. The shot is only up for a couple of seconds, but that is everything drivers need to get the point.
“She’ll never say yes to the dress. Abby 16 she’ll never graduate high school. Christian left a little boy behind,” said Whaby’s grandmother, Debbie Peeden.
Forever 23, October marks three years since Whaby’s death. Aside from memories, pictures are all that’s left. Wednesday those images are being seen all across the east coast.
“Today in Time Square in New York City Facing Fentanyl is doing a huge event. They’re taking over Time Square. They’ll be pictures and billboards of all the victims across the country who have died from fentanyl poisoning,” Peeden continued, “I’m not going to have her death be in vain, I loved her and raised her like a daughter. She called me Nana, Nana Banana.”
National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day warns people of the drug’s dangers.
“She thought she was getting cocaine, but when we got the toxicology report she had enough fentanyl in her system to kill eight people. She didn’t stand a chance,” said Peeden.
Since Ashley’s death, her grandmother’s mission has changed. She fights to make sure young people have the chance Whaby didn’t.
“Apps like Snapchat make it so simple for a child to go online and get what they think is an adderall or a xanax or a percocet really what they’re going to get is a fentanyl pill that can kill them,” Peeden warned.
Peeden’s advises parents to talk to their kids and know what they are doing online.
“Don’t make the mistake of thinking that it can’t happen to your child because it can, and it does,” exclaimed Peeden.
Emily Robinson was convicted of supplying the drugs that killed a man by overdose back in 2021.
ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. — A jury heard closing arguments Tuesday in the death by distribution case involving the Alamance County Sheriff’s daughter.
Emily Robinson faces several drug-related charges. The biggest among them —death by distribution.
Possession with intent to sell or deliver a controlled substance
Maintaining a building for sale of controlled substances
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Sale or delivery of controlled substance
Death by distribution
The jury found Robinson guilty of death by distribution. Court documents show she will serve and active sentence between 60 to 84 months.
Robinson is accused of supplying the fentanyl that killed Robert James Starner Jr. on September 15, 2021. The state medical examiner’s office determined Starner died from one or a combination of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
The prosecution said witness interviews, phone messages, and GPS all indicated that Starner met up with Robinson to buy fentanyl right before he died.
The defense argued that it could have been other drugs that contributed to Starner’s death rather than the fentanyl that was allegedly supplied by Robinson.
The drug can save the life of someone who has overdosed on opioids.
School leaders said it’s better to be safe than sorry.
“We just hope that we hopefully will never have to use it. But in the event that we needed to use it, then hopefully we would be able to save a life,” said WS/FCS Director of School Nurses Katie Key.
ABSS is in a similar process. The district said it’s researching Narcan dispensers.
This plan is in the early stages; no timeline has yet been determined.
