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Grand jury indicts man in Tempe fentanyl death
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office, which is led by Rachel Mitchell, has announced the indictment of a man in connection with a Tempe fentanyl death.
(Jason Stone/Independent Newsmedia/File photo)
A grand jury has indicted a 28-year-old man six months after Chris Joseph was found dead inside a car with more than 500 fentanyl pills in the cupholder next to him, authorities said.
Freddie Avila is the second person to be charged in Maricopa County under the state’s Sale of Lethal Fentanyl law, which makes it a class two felony to knowingly sell fentanyl that causes another person’s death, according to a release from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Joseph was found in March inside the vehicle by employees at a carwash in Tempe.
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COUNTY ATTORNEY
Grand jury indicts man in Tempe fentanyl death
(Jason Stone/Independent Newsmedia/File photo)
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office, which is led by Rachel Mitchell, has announced the indictment of a man in connection with a Tempe fentanyl death.
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A grand jury has indicted a 28-year-old man six months after Chris Joseph was found dead inside a car with more than 500 fentanyl pills in the cupholder next to him, authorities said.
Freddie Avila is the second person to be charged in Maricopa County under the state’s Sale of Lethal Fentanyl law, which makes it a class two felony to knowingly sell fentanyl that causes another person’s death, according to a release from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Joseph was found in March inside the vehicle by employees at a carwash in Tempe.
The car was in a parking lot and had more than 500 fentanyl pills in a cupholder, authorities said.
The Medical Examiner’s Office determined he died from fentanyl poisoning.
Avila, who is being held on a $250,000 secured appearance bond, is charged with manslaughter, sale of lethal fentanyl and sale or transportation of narcotic drugs, according to the release.
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