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Jimmy Lassus, of Wethersfield in Hartford County, pleaded guilty on Monday, Sept. 30, to the distribution of fentanyl and oxycodone, the US Attorney for Connecticut said. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
Investigators said Lassus sold oxycodone and fentanyl to a 27-year-old Meriden woman who died of an overdose in her bed on Oct. 6, 2023. The two exchanged multiple texts about drugs leading up to her death.
The woman died hours after ingesting fentanyl she procured from Lassus, the prosecutor said. She wrote in a text and her diary that this was her first time trying the powerful opioid.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said she died of the combined effects of fentanyl, benzodiazepines, xylazine, and oxycodone.
Police have held Lassus in jail since his arrest on April 11, 2024.
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