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A antheral is accused of selling fentanyl-laced pills that killed a Las Vegas antheral who was seeking symptom relief, according to an apprehension study released Friday.
Edward Romero-Cordero was arrested Nov. 3 connected a warrant and charged with second-degree execution and cause trafficking, according to tribunal records.
Romero-Cordero is accused of selling $200 worthy of Xanax and oxycodone that was laced with fentanyl connected Feb. 21, according to an apprehension study from the Metropolitan Police Department.
The buyer, Shane Bowman, 32, died astatine St. Rose Dominican Hospital, San Martin campus, astir 9 hours aft the cause sale, constabulary said.
The Clark County coroner’s bureau ruled Bowman’s decease an mishap from acute intoxication by fentanyl.
Bowman was recovered Feb. 21 by a pistillate who lives with him astir 3:30 p.m. astatine their location connected the 9000 artifact of Winthrop Springs Road. Next to him, constabulary recovered 0.2 grams of medicine pills suspected to beryllium fentanyl, foil and a integrative smoking pipe.
The pistillate said Bowman had been sober for 8 years from his addiction to medicine pills. Bowman suffered a collarbone wounded connected Feb. 17 and told the pistillate helium was upset the infirmary didn’t proviso him with thing for the pain.
“(The woman) believes that Bowman purchased the pills disconnected the thoroughfare owed to his symptom and not receiving immoderate symptom medications from the urgent care,” according to the report.
The pistillate called Romero-Cordero, a cause trader she and Bowman knew. She told constabulary Romero-Cordero utilized his Snapchat to advertise weapon and pill sales.
Police said Romero-Cordero admitted to the pistillate that helium sold the pills but said helium had warned Bowman “they were strong.” Bowman had agreed to wage $200 for Xanax and oxycodone, according to texts betwixt the men.
Romero-Cordero offered the pistillate escaped Xanax arsenic an apology aft Bowman’s death, according to the report.
Romero-Cordero is astatine slightest the 5th idiosyncratic arrested this twelvemonth successful transportation with fatal overdoses. Aria Styron, 21, was arrested Oct. 21 successful transportation with the decease of Adrianna Folks, who ingested fentanyl. Joshua Roberts, 22, was arrested Sept. 10 successful transportation with the decease of Mia Gugino. Gugino died successful February from fentanyl, MDMA and ethanol toxicity.
A week earlier Gugino’s death, Joshua Gallegos died from combined toxic effects of fentanyl, MDMA, ethanol and respective different drugs. Orianna Cervantes, 19, was charged successful the case.
In July, erstwhile North Las Vegas firefighter Christopher Candito, 33, was arrested and accused of providing the fatal cause operation that killed his wife, Tiffany Slatsky, astatine a enactment connected Feb. 23, 2020.
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