Police in New York City recently arrested a narcotics dealer for allegedly selling a fatal dose of the potent opioid fentanyl to a special education teacher who overdosed in a school bathroom.
Authorities on Friday charged 31-year-old Kashawn Lyons with drug distribution, which carries a prison sentence of 20 years to life.
He, along with 31-year-old Terrick Whitaker, are accused of selling fentanyl to 36-year-old Matthew Azimi, who died on Nov. 30 after shooting up inside a locked bathroom at PS X811 in the Bronx, reported the New York Daily News.
His body was later found by a school custodian along with a heroin baggie and a hypodermic needle.
EXCLUSIVE: Autopsy results show Bronx teacher Matthew Azimi died of Acute Fentanyl Intoxication inside Public School X811 in the Bronx on Dec 1. pic.twitter.com/lrpsb7PRIx
— Myles Miller (@MylesMill) December 27, 2017
Undercover officers subsequently bought heroin and fentanyl from Lyons and Whitaker, who still remains at large, and they were packaged in the same material found with Azimi. – READ MORE
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