Oxnard resident Rodney Rey Yanez, 55, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Dylan Rusch, according to Ventura County prosecutors.
An Oxnard man has been charged with murder following the fatal overdose of a gas station worker to whom he allegedly sold fentanyl, authorities said Thursday. This marks the first time the Ventura County district attorney's office has filed murder charges against someone who sold fentanyl to another person. 'The filing of murder charges in a fentanyl overdose case underscores the grave responsibility we have to protect our community from the devastating impact of this deadly drug,” Dist.
Rusch overdosed in the bathroom and died at the scene despite resuscitative efforts by police officers and other first responders. There was a lethal dose of fentanyl in Rusch's system, which caused his death, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office. Yanez was arrested by the Oxnard Police Department on July 24 and charged with selling and transporting fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs in the 14 months before Rusch died.
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