21-year-old suspect charged with narcotics distribution outside Washington, DC
Virginia police last week arrested an accused dealer of counterfeit Percocet pills nearly fifteen days after a 14-year-old boy died from a suspected fentanyl overdose.
Latae’veion Naveiour Woods, 21, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was arrested May 11 and charged with distribution of a scheduled I or II narcotic, the Prince William County Police Department announced Friday.
The arrest resulted from an investigation into the fatal April 26 overdose death of a 14-year-old boy at a home in the Woodbridge area, about a 30-minute drive outside Washington, D.C.
Officers responded to the home just before 10 a.m. and found a boy suspected of taking a counterfeit Percocet pill unconscious and attempted life-saving efforts.
The teen was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. With assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) lab for expedited analysis, the pills were confirmed to contain the extremely dangerous and illicit drug fentanyl, the police department said in its press release.