In the wake of a death and several overdoses, three teens have been charged by federal prosecutors with selling fentanyl to high school students in Monterey County.
U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds announced that 18-year-old Benjamin Reily Bliss; 19-year-old Louis Alexander and 19-year-old Brandon William Carranza-Arthur were all charged with drug distribution charges in federal court on Monday.
Evidence collected at the scene established that the juvenile overdosed from inhaling the smoke from a pulverized counterfeit"M30" pill.The complaint against Bliss alleges that as part of the investigation, law enforcement officers interviewed a second juvenile who also had overdosed, but survived. The complaint against Alexander alleges that he used Snapchat to advertise, offer, and sell fentanyl-based counterfeit oxycodone and Xanax pills to students.
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