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Five in Court in Overdose Death Cases
Five individuals facing charges in connection to three overdose deaths go before a judge to face their charges.
Morgan Bateman, Trevor Hinkle, Frank Bettinger Junior, Kevin May and Andrea Falcon all appeared in Common Pleas Court in Muskingum County on Wednesday.
In front of Judge Mark Fleegle, Bateman plead not guilty to two counts of trafficking in drugs and one count each of corrupting another with drugs and involuntary manslaughter.
Trevor Hinkle was involved in three separate cases. He plead not guilty in all three. In the first case that took place May 4-5, he was charged with corrupting another with drugs, involuntary manslaughter and trafficking in drugs. He also faces charges from a March case in which he is charged with trafficking in drugs, corrupting another with drugs and involuntary manslaughter. In another case from May 5, he faces charges of theft, illegal conveyance of drugs, tampering with evidence and possessio
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Six Suspects Charged in connection with Three Overdose Deaths
MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio- Local authorities announced today that six people have been charged in connection with the death of three overdose victims.
One of those individuals, Presley Ayers, is being sought by the Muskingum County’s Sheriff’s Office. The other five suspects Trevor Hinkle, Morgan Bateman, Frank Bettinger Jr., Kevin May and Andrea Falcon are incarcerated and more charges could be forthcoming. In addition, two other individuals, Christopher Stamn and Matthew Beach were arrested and indicted on individual investigations.
“It just goes to show that even though there’s this huge case sitting up here with all these deaths, that these two down here (Stamn, Beach) are still just as responsible as the other ones, we just haven’t linked them back to any deaths yet. They’re still big cases, they’re still F1 cases and these guys don’t slow down. I think they keep getting case after case ever