Fourth fatal overdose tied to heroin ring in N.Va.
Published: January 17, 2009
ALEXANDRIA -- Federal court documents show that a fourth fatal heroin overdose has been linked to a heroin ring in Northern Virginia.
Matthew Greenlee, 23, of Fairfax County is charged in the September death of 20-year-old Carmen Somers of Falls Church, according to records in U.S. District Court.
Charging documents say Greenlee provided Somers with heroin at his home. The documents say that when Somers became ill, Greenlee refused to call paramedics because of the presence of drugs.
Somers died after a friend drove her to the hospital.
Fourteen people have been charged in the heroin ring, based in Centreville.
Two women from Fairfax city pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
Most of those charged are former and current students at Westfield High School.
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