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In tracing back the source of the fentanyl-laced pills that resulted in Mac Miller’s overdose death, Drug Enforcement Administration agents had to sort through two separate narcotics deliveries made within minutes to the rap star.
The 26-year-old Miller (real name: Malcolm McCormick) was found dead last September in his Los Angeles home as a result of his ingestion of fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol.
In a criminal complaint unsealed today, federal prosecutors allege that Cameron James Pettit, 28, sold Miller counterfeit Oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, the dangerous synthetic opioid that has been linked to a nationwide spike in fatal overdoses.
As detailed by investigators, Miller (seen below) was working in a Melrose Avenue recording studio when he texted Pettit with an order for 10 Oxycodone pills, a gram of cocaine, and 10 Xanax bars.
But when Pettit failed to appear at the studio (or answer further texts), the performer contacted a second drug dealer, Mia Johansson (who had introduced Miller to Pettit). Johansson, 32, also doubled as a pimp who provided Miller with prostitutes costing up to $800 an hour, according to federal investigators.
Pettit and Johansson are pictured above. Posted to Johansson’s Instagram page six weeks ago, the photo is captioned, “Good times like old times with the fam.”
With Pettit AWOL, Miller texted an order to Johansson for cocaine, Adderall, Norco painkillers, Xanax, and Oxycodone. Johansson offered to comp Miller a gram of cocaine if he also booked a prostitute. “what about 2 gs?” Miller countered. Johansson agreed to doubling the cocaine, writing, “Deal lol.”
Shortly after ordering the narcotics from Johansson, Miller heard back from an apologetic Pettit. In a 2 AM text, Pettit told Miller, “Oh shit sorry I got sidetracked...Coming now.” Instead of telling Pettit not to bother, Miller replied “Fasho.”
Pettit delivered the drugs to Miller around 2:30 AM on September 5. A few minutes later, Johansson’s courier arrived with Miller’s second batch of narcotics. The drugs were delivered, investigators say, by Karla Amador, a prostitute/adult film actress whose services were pimped out by Johansson. Amador, who uses the handle "Carolina Cortez," is pictured at left.
After Miller’s September 7 death, DEA agents analyzed an assortment of pills found in the rapper’s residence. Investigators concluded that while Johansson sold Miller genuine Oxycodone, the pills provided by Pettit were counterfeit and laced with fentanyl. Evidence collected in Miller’s home suggests that he “crushed and snorted one or more of the Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl before his death,” according to the U.S. District Court complaint.


 
Well, I'll be damned ...there actually is a cure for stupid.
I'm joking ...but just a little bit.
War on Drugs, practically useless. D.A.R.E. was nearly zero percent effective. People die from huffing the shit I use to clean off my keyboard ffs.
The whole idea that 'someone should do something' is dumb.
I don't want users and addicts to die but in my experience if someone wants to get drunk or high they will and that desire to get fucked up always overshadows the risk that it won't end well if they do. It's just a matter of time before that parachute won't open. Cutting and lacing drugs is nothing new. The market remains regardless ...so the drugs will flow in regardless. I mean ...gd... people get self rightous because the president of the United States wants to build a wall to slow the influx of drugs and human trafficking that also encourages people to use our port of entry while they want 'someone to do something' about the bad drugs flooded into our country and the people selling them. Guess what? The shit is already illegal and people already know it may kill them ...and the law means fucking nothing. I'm pretty sure most of us who read the articles posted here know that.
 
Instruct patients to swallow OXYCONTIN tablets whole; crushing, chewing, or dissolving OXYCONTIN tablets can cause rapid release and absorption of a potentially fatal dose of oxycodone.

 
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Arizona man has been arrested on drug and weapons charges as part of an investigation into the 2018 overdose death of rapper Mac Miller, police said on Wednesday, the second person apprehended in connection with the high profile case.

Ryan Reavis, 36, was taken into custody earlier this week after police said they found marijuana, drug paraphernalia, pills, a doctor’s prescription pad, three guns and large amounts of ammunition at his home in Lake Havasu City on the Arizona-California state line.

Reavis was ordered held on $50,000 cash-only bond during an initial court appearance. It was not immediately clear if he had retained an attorney.
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Detective Chris Angus of the Lake Havasu City Police Department said Reavis was arrested on a warrant obtained by agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI as part of their investigation into Miller's death.
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He was not charged with causing the rapper’s death.

 
Some of those involved like Reavis there, were involved in prescription fraud, illegal guns, drug trade that plays a role in the opioid epidemic crisis. So, it's not just about Mac Miller.
 
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller’s deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday.

A grand jury indictment that was unsealed in Los Angeles accuses the men of conspiring and distributing cocaine and oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused Miller’s death in September 2018.

Cameron Pettit, 28, of West Hollywood, California; Stephen Walter, 46, of Los Angeles; and Ryan Reavis, 36, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, were previously charged with drug-related offenses. Wednesday’s charges add the allegation that their drugs led to Miller’s death.
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The men face a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison and the potential for life without parole if convicted of either of the charges related to Miller’s death.

All have been arrested in recent weeks and remain in custody, and none has entered a plea.

Attorneys for Pettit and Walter declined comment. It’s unclear whether Reavis has a lawyer.

Pettit and Walter, who was also charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition, were scheduled to be arraigned on the new charges on Oct. 10. Reavis, who was arrested last week in Arizona, does not have an arraignment date set yet.

The indictment alleges the men continued to distribute drugs through August 2019.
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The indictment alleged that Walter supplied the fentanyl and cocaine that Pettit sold to Miller and that Reavis, who lived in the Los Angeles area until earlier this year, acted as a middleman for the fentanyl sale.

 
The drug dealer who allegedly supplied pills to rapper Mac Miller prior to his overdose death has reached a plea deal to avoid a more serious charge, but still faces up to 20 years in prison.

Stephen Walter, 46, agreed to plea guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl, a federal offense, in order to avoid a more serious conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance charge, TMZ reported.

Walter is accused of giving the pills to another man, Cameron James Pettit, 28, who was acquiring the pills for Miller, real name Malcolm James McCormick, who had requested Percocet and received fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl.
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Walter faces a maximum of more than 20 years in prison, lifetime supervised release and a $1 million fine, but prosecutors have only asked for a 17-year sentence with five years of supervised released.

Pettit and and 36-year-old Ryan Michael Reavis, who allegedly retrieved the pills Walter gave to Pettit, have also been charged in relation to Miller’s death and are being held in pre-trial detention. The two have asked the courts to move their Nov. 16 trial start to March 1 to give them more time to review prosecutors’ evidence.

 
An Arizona man has agreed to plead guilty to supplying counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl to Mac Miller just two days before the 26-year-old rapper overdosed in September 2018, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.

Ryan Michael Reavis, 38, will plead guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl, a dangerous opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin.
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Walter & Pettit & Reavis
A man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for directing fentanyl-laced pills to be given to rapper Mac Miller before the star died of an overdose, officials announced Monday.

Stephen Andrew Walter, 48 pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl in November 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Walter knew that the pills contained fentanyl or some other federally controlled substance, the memorandum states.
He is one of three people charged in the overdose death of Miller, a famed 26-year-old rapper whose real name was Malcolm James McCormick.

Former West Los Angeles resident Ryan Michael Reavis was sentenced last month to nearly 11 years in prison after also pleading guilty to distribution of fentanyl.
A case against 30-year-old Cameron Pettit of West Hollywood is pending.

Reavis knowingly distributed the counterfeit pills to Pettit on Sept. 4, 2018, according to the Department of Justice. Shortly after, at the direction of co-defendant Walter, Pettit gave the fentanyl-laced pills to the rapper.

Miller got the pills about two days before he suffered the fatal drug overdose on Sept. 7, 2018.

The star’s personal assistant found him unresponsive in his Studio City home, and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

The rapper died from an accidental overdose due to a combination of alcohol and drugs, including fentanyl, the L.A. County coroner’s report said at the time.

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