WILMINGTON, N.C. — A Wilmington man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to charges connected to a fatal fentanyl overdose in Carolina Beach that claimed the life of a 2022 victim.
According to the Carolina Beach Police Department, 25-year-old Ethan Faircloth was convicted for his role in the death of Dennis “Nash” Connor, who was found dead from an overdose inside a home on Hamlet Avenue on September 7, 2022.
Fatal Overdose Traced to Fentanyl-Laced Pills
Investigators say Faircloth sold Connor several blue, round pills that were later found to be laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that continues to drive record overdose deaths across North Carolina.
When Faircloth was arrested, police reportedly recovered 80 fentanyl-laced pills identical to the ones sold to the victim…