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A Suffolk man was indicted on federal charges Wednesday that he sold heroin laced with fentanyl that caused overdoses – including a fatal one, federal prosecutors said.
Carlos A. Brown, 45, of Suffolk, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of distribution of heroin resulting in death, distribution of heroin resulting in serious bodily injury, distribution of heroin and distribution of fentanyl.
According to court documents, police began looking into what they called Brown’s drug activities after a November 2015 heroin overdose death in Chesapeake.
Over the next six months, police officers used confidential informant interviews and arrest and police reports related to the drug distribution to build a case against Brown, officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
Police also used undercover controlled buys of heroin and fentanyl from a drug dealer they later identified as Brown, as well as physical and electronic surveillance, prosecutors said.
Court documents state Brown told an informant that he knew three or four of his customers overdosed, but continued to sell heroin, which led to a fatal overdose. Even after learning of the fatal overdose, Brown continued to sell heroin, prosecutors said.
Brown faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison, if convicted, the news release states.
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