3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller

3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller

https://www.apnews.com/6cede85fe64540dea927feab80b4cbff

October 2, 2019

"LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller’s deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday.

A grand jury indictment that was unsealed in Los Angeles accuses the men of conspiring and distributing cocaine and oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused Miller’s death in September 2018.

Cameron Pettit, 28, of West Hollywood, California; Stephen Walter, 46, of Los Angeles; and Ryan Reavis, 36, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, were previously charged with drug-related offenses. Wednesday’s charges add the allegation that their drugs led to Miller’s death.

Miller, 26, died of an accidental overdose of the powerful opioid fentanyl, along with cocaine and alcohol. Fentanyl has contributed to an epidemic of opioid abuse in the U.S. that has claimed thousands of lives, including those of other musicians, such as Prince.

The men face a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison and the potential for life without parole if convicted of either of the charges related to Miller’s death.

All have been arrested in recent weeks and remain in custody, and none has entered a plea."

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Also, if you read the article, you will discover that Mac Miller also talked of purchasing bars of Xanax from one or more of the 3 men that were indicted. I hope that clears your confusion.

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