Three people have been arrested in two fentanyl overdose deaths; one in Bowling Green and the other in Logan County.
The Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force said detectives in cooperation with the Bowling Green Police Department arrested 32-year-old Robert Watkins and 22-year-old Keyara M. Rose, both of Bowling Green, in the February 8 overdose death of a 17-year-old male in Bowling Green. The juvenile was found deceased by his mother in his bedroom that morning, police said.
The task force and Bowling Green police developed information indicating Rose sold fentanyl pills (aka M-30) to the victim the day before his death. Further investigation showed that Watkins sold the pills Rose.
Following the return of the decedent’s toxicology results, the pair was indicted by a Warren County Grand Jury.
Watkins, who was already lodged in the Warren County Regional Jail on drug trafficking charges, was served with the indictment on Thursday. Rose was arrested and lodged on Friday.
Watkins was charged with second-degree manslaughter, four counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana) and receiving stolen property (firearm).
Rose was charged with second-degree manslaughter, two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (fentanyl), first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, and possession of marijuana.
Logan Co. fatal overdose arrest
On Friday, the South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force arrested 41-year-old Michael D. Lalone, of Adairville, and charged him with second-degree manslaughter and trafficking in a controlled substance (fentanyl).
Lalone’s charges arise from him giving fentanyl to a female shortly before she suffered a fatal overdose on February 16.
He was lodged in the Logan County Detention Center.
(Photo l-r: Robert V. Watkins, Rose M. Keyara, Michael D. Lalone)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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