Man charged after link found to Loudoun County student fentanyl overdoses: Deputies

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — A man is being held without bond after investigators linked him to suspected fentanyl overdoses involving students at a Loudoun County high school, officials said Monday.

Authorities arrested Isaac Melendez-Carranza, 31, on Aug. 20. According to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, deputies took Melendez-Carranza — an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador living in Sterling— into custody after serving search warrants, and money and suspected narcotics were recovered.

The sheriff’s office said it identified the 31-year-old as a dealer connected to the overdoses of at least two Park View High School students in May after opening an investigation into suspected fentanyl distribution…

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