The Brief
- A heroin dealer has been arrested nine months after a fatal overdose in Venice, according to police.
- 41-year-old Justin Companion was taken into custody on Monday.
- Venice police say he sold heroin to James Harrington III, a sale that became deadly on Jan. 17.
VENICE, Fla. – A nine-month investigation into a Venice man’s fatal overdose has resulted in the arrest of a 41-year-old heroin dealer, according to police.
Justin Companion was taken into custody on Monday after Venice police determined that he sold heroin to James Harrington III, a sale that became deadly on Jan. 17.
Companion has been charged with second-degree homicide.
This crime falls under the Florida Drug-Induced Homicide Law, which allows prosecutors to hold drug distributors responsible when the sale or delivery of a controlled substance results in death.…