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Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Heroin, Fentanyl In Fatal Overdose
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A Bridgeport man pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling heroin and fentanyl to a woman who later died of an overdose.
Perry Deshazo, 27, also known as "Hov" and "Amafia Hov," of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin and fentanyl, according to John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.
According to court documents, on Dec. 2, 2016, police responded to St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport at around 1:30 a.m. on a report of a suspicious death. Hospital staff told police that a 40-year-old woman had been dropped off at th…
