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Drug-Induced Death Charges Against Couple Dismissed In Warwick Man's OD Drug-Induced Death Charges Against Couple Dismissed In Warwick Man's OD
Drug-Induced Death Charges Against Couple Dismissed In Warwick Man's OD A Warwick couple who authorities said sold a 25-year-old overdose victim the heroin that killed him can't be prosecuted for causing a drug-induced death, a judge in New Jersey ruled. Because Kean Cabral received and used the drug in Warwick, the judge said, authorities in New Jersey don't have jurisdiction to prosecute Anthony Potts and Noel Ferguson, who authorities said bought it from a dealer in Paterson.Representatives of the attorney general's office in both states worked together to bring the charges after Cabral's mother found her son's body in their home on April 3, 2016.  She calle…

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