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A Florida man faces a felony death by distribution charge after allegedly providing drugs that led to a Stantonsburg man’s death in May 2024, Wilson police announced.

Jamel Lamar Neal, 41, of Orlando was charged in the death of Jerrian Maushan Poole, 22, of Stantonsburg, according to a statement from Sgt, Eric McInerny, public information officer with the Wilson Police Department.

McInerny said that at 5:19 p.m. on May 19, 2024, officers responded to a residence on Lear Court after a report of an overdose.

“Upon arrival, officers located two individuals, including Poole, who were unconscious and not breathing,” McInerny said. He said Wilson County EMS was on the scene and pronounced Poole deceased.

According to the warrant, the substance Neal is accused of distributing is fentanyl.

McInerny said that the second individual was taken to Wilson Medical Center, where they were later released.

“Through the course of the investigation, it was determined that Poole’s death was the result of multiple drug intoxication,” McInerny said. “Investigators identified Neal as the individual who provided the narcotics to Poole. Based on the findings, a warrant was obtained for Neal on one count of felony death by distribution.”

McInerny said that on Aug. 18, Neal was located in Seminole County, Florida.

Neal was taken into custody and subsequently extradited to Wilson.

Neal was placed in the Wilson County Detention Center with a $75,000 secured bond. He remained incarcerated as of Thursday morning.

Police ask anyone with information about the case to call the Wilson Police Department at 252-399-2323 or Crime Stoppers at 252-243-2255.

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Members of Moms on a Mission and the Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina gather outside the Wilson County Courthouse to show support for families who have lost loved ones to fentanyl overdose. *Drew C. Wilson | Times*

Two organizations for families who have lost children to fentanyl overdose came together in a show of solidarity Tuesday as a defendant charged with death by distribution made a brief appearance in Wilson County Criminal Superior Court.

Members of Wilson’s Moms on a Mission and the Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina sat in the courtroom as defendant Albert Green, 23, of Wilson, appeared with his attorney, Will Farris.

Green is charged with felony death by distribution in the fatal overdose of 17-year-old Jacob Puente Castro, who died Sept. 25.

Green faces additional charges including felony selling and delivering a Schedule II controlled substance, felony possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, felony maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for the purpose of controlled substances and felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell, deliver a Schedule II controlled substance.