EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people from Monroe County are facing charges after investigators say they sold fentanyl that resulted in three overdose deaths.
According to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam, James P. Cullen V, 30, and Michelle L. Ferranti, 31, both of Bartonsville are charged with fentanyl/heroin trafficking charges, including distributing fentanyl that resulted in the deaths of three people.
Detectives stated the two conspired to sell fentanyl and heroin between April 2021 and February 2023. Cullen and Ferranti were charged with distributing over 400 grams of fentanyl obtained from other coconspirators in New Jersey, marketing the narcotics on the Darkweb, and thenusing fabricated names to distribute it, according to the release.
Police say the suspects mailed fentanyl and heroin to nearly every state in the United States, and several foreign countries. As a result, allegedly three people from Vermont, Georgia, and Alaska overdosed and died from the fentanyl between October 2022 and February 2023.
The penalties for the most serious overdose death charges are a minimum of 20 years and a maximum life term of imprisonment, a term of supervised release, and a fine.
