COFFEE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A La Vergne man suspected of dealing both cocaine and fentanyl in South Nashville has landed in custody in connection with a deadly overdose in Coffee County, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD).
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MNPD said that Joshua Hardaway, 30, was “on the radar” of not just MNPD, but the Tullahoma Police Department, the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, the La Vergne Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) as part of a coordinated investigation on fentanyl distribution.
MNPD stated that Hardaway was injured multiple times in a suspected drug-related shooting on Edge O Lake Drive last month. Detectives reportedly discovered a .38 caliber revolver in Hardaway’s vehicle related to that case. A search of Hardaway’s home on Tuesday reportedly yielded three firearms and roughly five ounces of fentanyl, MNPD added.