A Whatcom County man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle to providing the fentanyl that led to a Lummi Nation woman’s fatal overdose last year.
Stephan Armond Charlot, 30, was arrested by the Lummi Nation Police Department on June 21, 2025. He was charged in tribal court with multiple offenses, including homicide, and remains in custody at the Whatcom County Jail. His case was transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in February.
According to court records, Charlot sold fentanyl powder to a man who smoked with a woman in her home within the boundaries of the Lummi Nation reservation. The woman used more fentanyl after the man left, and started to shake. She asked her 8-year-old daughter to hold her until she stopped shaking. The girl said she believed that was when her mother died…