The investigation came to an end when the suspect's vehicle was stopped inside Osceola City Limits by Chief Shumaker and Officer Kauffman. Chief French with the Fair Play Police Department also assisted with the traffic stop and had K9 Bek conduct an open-air sniff on the vehicle, which resulted in an alert for the odor of narcotics. A probable cause and consent search was conducted on the vehicle. During the search, Officers located several capsules loose in the vehicle. A substance from one of the capsules field-tested positive for fentanyl. A consent search of the residence was also conducted with findings of more fentanyl paraphernalia.
The capsules from the vehicle weighed approximately .13 grams. We at the Osceola Police Department understand that .13 grams does not seem like a lot but the potentially lethal dose for fentanyl is 2 milligrams. The .13 grams is approximately 130 milligrams, which could potentially be lethal for 65 people. Due to this investigation ongoing, we are unable to give out the name of the suspect at this time. A Felony Trafficking Drugs 2nd Degree charge will be sent to prosecuting attorney Daniel Dysart. According to DEA and CDC more than 107,000 people lost their lives to a drug overdose in 2023, with nearly 70 percent of those deaths attributed to opioids such as fentanyl, and 57,997 from September 2023 to August 2024.
-Courtesy Osceola Police Department
