Woman Charged In Portsmouth Man’s Fentanyl Death

PORTSMOUTH, NH — A woman was arrested Friday and charged with providing fentanyl to a Portsmouth man who died of an overdose over the summer. Felicia Gray, 31, of Durham, was charged with violating the controlled drug act, with a death resulting. She was held in custody.

Police said an officer pulled Gray’s vehicle over Friday for a traffic violation and took her into custody on a warrant.

“The warrant … came after an extensive investigation,” police said in a statement. “The investigation revealed that Felicia Gray knowingly dispensed the controlled drug fentanyl … and that controlled drug was injected, inhaled or ingested by Sean Cronin resulting in his death.”

Cronin died July 17 at the Portsmouth Housing Authority’s Feaster Apartments complex on Court Street.

Gray was held in custody pending an arraignment in Rockingham County Superior Court “at a time to be determined.”

Police said the Drug Enforcement Administration and Kingston police assisted in the investigation.

Photo credit: Portsmouth Police Department

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