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Detainee dies 3 hours after being booked into Buncombe jail

Buncombe County Sheriff s Office says an inmate died just over three hours after she was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility on April 10. According to a news release from the sheriff s office, a detention officer at the jail was performing regular supervision rounds at 3:27 p.m. April 10 and spoke with the detainee, Tania Shepherd, 37, who wasn’t feeling well. The officer called for a nurse who arrived 2 minutes later. The nurse checked Shepherd s vital signs and administered Narcan, a medication used to counter the effects of opioid overdose. Buncombe County EMS arrived at the detention facility at 3:41 p.m. and continued medical care as the detainee was transported to Mission Hospital. Shepherd had been booked into the jail at 12:19 p.m. that same day, charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle and given a $5,000 bond, said Aaron Sarver, Buncombe County Sheriff s Office spokesman.

Buncombe County man charged for having fentanyl, drugs, gun and cash

A Buncombe County man was arrested April 1 and charged with drug trafficking, possession and more after he was found with fentanyl, meth, marijuana, cash and a pistol, just a few months after an earlier arrest on similar charges.  Demarcus Dequan Scott of Buncombe County was in possession of 90.6 grams of fentanyl, 7.5 grams of methamphetamine, 15.1 grams of marijuana, $14,253 in U.S currency when he was arrested April 1, according to the Buncombe County Sheriff s Office.   According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, fentanyl is synthetic opioid up to 100 times more powerful than morphine.  The U.S Drug Enforcement Agency says just two milligrams, or 0.002 grams, constitutes a lethal dose, equal to about a few grains of salt, meaning the 90.6 grams Scott was arrested with represent 45,300 lethal doses. 

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