Heroin Dealer Linked To 9 Fatal Overdoses Given 10-Year Sentence

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 24-year-old man who authorities say is responsible for nine fatal overdoses, and 18 other overdoses, has been sentenced.
Karon Elijah Peoples was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a heroin distribution conspiracy.
According to a release from the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, Peoples admitted that nine fatal overdose victims and 18 overdose survivors got their heroin from him.
Peoples’ plea agre