4 charged with manslaughter in connection with Baldwin County fentanyl overdose
Four people were charged with manslaughter in connection with the fatal fentanyl overdose of a female over the weekend in Baldwin County.
The suspects were identified by the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office as Gerald Lee Anderson III, 27, of Spanish Fort; Madison Lee Hayek, 22, of Silverhill; Malia Autumn Decautur, 25, of Spanish Fort; and Roshell Michael Benson, 32, of Brewton, according to WKRG.
Efforts to reach the sheriff’s office by AL.com were not immediately successful.
The charges stem from a female’s fatal fentanyl overdose Saturday in Orange Beach, WKRG reported.
Orange Beach police referred questions to the sheriff’s office.
The four suspects were in a car stopped just south of Fairhope, according to WKRG.
The defendants had bond hearings on Monday.
Anderson, who was out on bond on unrelated charges, was given $100,000 bond and was ordered placed under house arrest along with GPS monitoring and drug testing, the network reported. He also has a bond revocation hearing on the unrelated case.
Hayek’s bond was set for $111,000 on manslaughter, drug possession, drug paraphernalia and tampering with evidence charges.
Decautur’s bond was $50,000 on the manslaughter charge along with GPS house arrest and drug testing provisions.
Benson’s bond was $115,500 on charges of manslaughter, drug distribution, possession of fentanyl and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The defendants’ cases were not yet in online court records as of Tuesday.