Fallbrook man charged in fentanyl overdose

SAN DIEGO -- A Fallbrook man is facing federal charges after he allegedly sold fentanyl-laced heroin to a man who overdosed on the drug.

The suspect, 41-year-old Corey Bernard Green, is already serving a sentence in state custody after he pleaded guilty to manufacturing drugs, for which he was arrested on Nov. 30, 2017, U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman said in a statement Friday.

The overdose occurred less than a month before that arrest, Braverman said.

On Nov. 3, 2017, a man identified in court documents only as "JAS'' took an Uber to Green's home in Fallbrook, allegedly to purchase fentanyl.

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