Three local men were arrested in connection with a woman’s fatal overdose that occurred on July 10, according to a news release issued on Monday from the Moore County Sheriff’s Office.
Moore County Sheriff’s Deputies found Ashton Taylor Potter, 23, of Cameron deceased at a home on Red Hill Road. Potter’s cause of death was unknown at the time pending an autopsy report.
An investigation led to the arrest of a man and woman two months later who authorities said were present at the time of Potter’s death. Detectives arrested Jeremy Justin Holder, of Sanford, and Heather Lynn Chastain, of Cameron, for failing to notify law enforcement of the death.
Heather Lynn Chastain and Jeremy Justin Holder were arrested in September for concealment of Potter’s death
Potter’s autopsy in November revealed her death was “caused by acute fentanyl and alcohol intoxication.” According to Moore County Sheriff’s Office, “Fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.”
Authorities continued their investigation which led them to arrest three men in connection with the sell and deliver of Fentanyl that caused Potter’s death.
Courtesy photo of Ashton Taylor Potter.
Steve Junior Murchison, of Southern Pines, Lameek Tavon Cattle, of West End, and Malik Jalill Newsome, of Aberdeen, were arrested last week.
Murchison, 27, was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Schedule I Controlled Substance-(Fentanyl), Sell Schedule I Controlled Substance-(Fentanyl), Deliver Schedule I Controlled Substance-(Fentanyl), Conspire to Sell Schedule I Controlled Substance-(Fentanyl), Conspire to Deliver Schedule I Controlled substance-(Fentanyl), Sell Schedule I within 1000 feet of a School and Involuntary Manslaughter. His bail was set at $500,000, and he has a court date on Dec. 5.
Cattle, 23, was charged with Conspire to Sell Schedule I Controlled Substance-(Fentanyl), Conspire to Deliver Schedule I Controlled Substance-(Fentanyl), Sell Schedule I within 1000 feet of a School and Involuntary Manslaughter. The suspect was placed under a $350,000 bond and also has a Dec. 5 court date.
Newsome, 23, was charged with Conspire to Sell Schedule I Controlled Substance-(Fentanyl), Conspire to Deliver Schedule I Controlled Substance-(Fentanyl), Sell Schedule I within 1000 feet of a School and Maintain a Vehicle to Keep and Sell a Controlled Substance. He was confined to the Moore County Detention Center under a $75,000 bond pending a first court appearance in District Court on Dec. 4.
All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
