For the first time, Portsmouth police are using a new Virginia law to charge a suspected drug dealer in a fatal overdose case.
Jessica Cirilli, 41, of Suffolk, is charged with involuntary manslaughter following the death of 17-year-old James Jolley, who died from a fentanyl-related overdose.
The charge was made possible by a new state law that allows prosecutors to charge suspected drug dealers with involuntary manslaughter if the drugs they sell are linked to someone’s death…