A Lincolnton woman is accused of selling fentanyl that led to an overdose death
A Lincolnton woman who allegedly sold fentanyl that led to an overdose death in April 2022 was indicted in Charlotte, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office press release.
Madison Dare Winslow, 24, was charged with one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
The indictment alleges that Winslow in February 2022 sold fentanyl that led to an overdose death. It also alleges Winslow distributed fentanyl in April 2022, “which is after the date of the victim’s fatal overdose.”
Winslow is scheduled for an initial appearance in U.S. District Court on Thursday, April 18.
Officials have warned that one fentanyl pill, about 2 milligrams, is enough to kill a person.
The Charlotte Observer has reported on fentanyl’s pervasiveness in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Opioid addictions — which students and parents say at least partially started in schools — landed several local teens in rehab over the summer. During the 2022-2023 school year, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools logged at least 700 drug incidents.
And one July night, a $7 fentanyl-laced pill, passed off as a prescription Percocet, killed Hough High School Junior Laird Ramirez, his parents told The Observer. Mecklenburg County’s district attorney dropped a charge against the person alleged to have sold Ramirez the lethal pills.
Observer courts reporter Julia Coin contributed to this report.
