Man convicted of second-degree murder in 2022 fentanyl overdose death

Man convicted of second-degree murder in 2022 fentanyl overdose death

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — A man was convicted of second-degree murder by a Washington County, Tennessee jury on Jan. 8 after he sold fentanyl-laced narcotics that resulted in a fatal overdose in 2022. According to a news release from First Judicial District Attorney Steve Finney's office, Tyrique Brown was convicted in the overdose homicide of [...]

Washington County jury convicts man of second-degree murder in fentanyl overdose death

JOHNSON CITY — A Washington County Criminal Court jury on Wednesday found Tyrique Brown guilty of second-degree murder in connection with a fentanyl-related overdose death that occurred in 2022. The charges stem from the overdose homicide of Isaiah Coleman, 23, who was found unresponsive by his mother on the morning of Sept. 18, 2022, at a residence in Sullivan County. Coleman was pronounced dead at the scene after resuscitation attempts were un…

Jury issues guilty verdict in lethal overdose case

A Washington County Tennessee jury has convicted a drug dealer of second degree murder after selling the victim a lethal dose of cocaine at a Johnson City pub. The District Attorney’s report said the narcotic Tyrique Brown sold to the buyer, 23-year-old Isaiah Coleman, was laced with fentanyl, resulting in Coleman’s fatal overdose. The statement also said another person OD’d after buying drugs from Brown, who refused to tell officers the name of…