On July 18, The Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) and the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office charged 34-year-old Joshua Arnes Maney with felony murder.
The Gainesville native was charged in connection with a fentanyl overdose death that occurred in Lumpkin County, in November 2021. An investigation was conducted by the GBI-ARDEO with the assistance of the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office.
According to a press release from the ARDEO, Maney is being held in the Hall County Detention Center and facing four other charges. Three of them are drug-related.
The investigation is still ongoing.
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