
WILMINGTON — A fatal overdose investigation conducted by the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Vice and Narcotics Division has led to three arrests.
On Friday, Jan. 10, 30-year-old Michael Tyler Britt, 46-year-old Daniel Mark Reaves and 45-year-old Melissa Ann Cribb were arrested in connection to a Dec. 6 incident. Ruth Lawson, 83, was found deceased inside her residence on Horndale Drive. Police say it was a fatal overdose.
New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office charged Britt with:
- Death by Distribution
- Trafficking in Opium or Heroin/Fentanyl
- Trafficking Methamphetamines
- Possession with the intent to Manufacture, Sell and Deliver Fentanyl
- Sell and Deliver Schedule I (Fentanyl)
- Conspiracy to Sell Schedule I (Fentanyl)
- Maintain/Sell/Deliver/Possess within 1000 feet of a school
- Possession of a firearm by a felon
He also received an additional 23 drug-related charges and has a $1,190,000 secured bond.
Cribb received a $155,000 secured bond and was charged with:
- Death by Distribution
- Possession with the intent to Manufacture, Sell, and Deliver Schedule I (Fentanyl)
- Sell and Deliver Schedule I (Fentanyl)
- Conspiracy to Sell Schedule I (Fentanyl)
Reaves faces multiple charges as he awaits his first appearance:
- Death by Distribution
- Possession with the intent to Manufacture, Sell, and Deliver Schedule I (Fentanyl)
- Sell and Deliver Schedule 1 (Fentanyl)
- Conspiracy to Sell Schedule I (Fentanyl)
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