Man charged in overdose death of Ridgefield resident
A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the overdose death of a Connecticut resident during a bachelor party earlier this year in Florida, according to the Walton County Sheriff ’s Office.
John Nabors, 26, of Mountain Brook, Ala., was charged with distributing a controlled substance causing death in connection with the fatal overdose of Thomas Gleason, 26, of Ridgefield, the sheriff ’s office said.
Deputies with the sheriff ’s office responded to a medical assist call May 14 on Sand Dunes Road in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., finding one man collapsed on the ground, the sheriff ’s office said.
As they gave the man CPR, two other men collapsed as well, the sheriff ’s office said. All three were taken to a local hospital.
Gleason was pronounced dead days later, the sheriff ’s office said.
Through an investigation, deputies determined the men had traveled to Walton County from Georgia, Alabama, and Connecticut for a friend’s bachelor party, the sheriff ’s office said.
Gleason’s death was caused by a lethal dose of fentanyl included in narcotics that Nabors gave him, the sheriff ’s office said.
“Our Criminal Investigations Bureau was able to tie the deadly dose Gleason took to Nabors,” Sheriff Michael Adkinson said. “This case is tragic and certainly one we want to bring to a successful prosecution for Thomas’ family.”