In an unprecedented move by the Mesa Police Department, Cruzita Leon, 34, was arrested under a novel piece of legislation targeting the illegal sale of fentanyl, reported ABC15 and 12 News. The legislation, which was activated in November 2024, constitutes the sale of lethal fentanyl as a class two felony, and this case marks its first application in the city of Mesa.
On November 27th, Mesa responders answered a critical call of an unconscious man at the intersection of South Avenue and Hawes Road. The man later expired at the hospital after suffering acute fentanyl intoxication. The police department explained that Leon’s arrest was facilitated by messages found by the deceased’s family that exposed a transaction of fentanyl between Leon and the victim on the day of the overdose…