Man indicted for alleged involvement in fatal overdose

After allegedly selling heroin and fentanyl for several months and being linked to a fatal overdose, an Elyria man was served with a ninecount federal indictment, according to an Aug. 25 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio.

David Andrew Hollis Jr., 27, of 344 13th St., is accused of selling the two deadly drugs between October 2015 and March 2016, the release said. On Feb. 21, Hollis sold fentanyl to a man who overdosed and died in Lorain County, it continued.

U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon stated in the release that drug dealers will continue to be held accountable for the “deaths and misery they cause.”

“It will take aggressive enforcement, combined with prevention efforts and making treatment available to those who want help, to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic,” she said.

Lorain County Sheriff Phil R. Stammitti said his office will continue to aggressively pursue heroin and fentanyl traffickers.

Since the beginning of this year, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed 15 indictments related to the sales of heroin or fentanyl that led to deaths, the release said. Hollis’ case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marisa Darden and Robert Corts, following an investigation for the Lorain County Drug Task Force.

According to Lorain County Common Pleas Court records, a seven-count indictment was filed against Hollis on May 6 of this year. The seven felony charges include two counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of corrupting another with drugs, trafficking in drugs and two counts of possession of drugs.

Hollis also was arrested in August 2015 and charged with trafficking cocaine (school specification), possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia during “Operation Sundown,” where the Elyria Police Narcotics Unit targeted street-level cocaine and heroin dealers and made 21 arrests.

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