Crime & Safety

1st-Degree Murder Charges Filed Against Largo Woman In Man's Overdose

A Largo woman is facing first-degree murder charges after being accused of selling methamphetamine and fentanyl to a man who later died.

Lisa Bulena of Largo has been charged with first-degree murder.
Lisa Bulena of Largo has been charged with first-degree murder. (Pinellas Sheriff)

LARGO, FL — A Largo woman is facing first-degree murder charges after being accused of selling methamphetamine and fentanyl to a man who later died.

According to the sheriff's office, Lisa Bulena, 46, of 142nd Ave., Largo, met the victim at a restaurant where she works and admitted to deputies that she knew he was a drug addict when she sold him the methamphetamine. She denied selling him the fentanyl, however.

A toxicology report concluded that the victim listed both methamphetamine and fentanyl in his blood and concluded that he died of “combined drug toxicity.”

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She remains in the Pinellas County Jail without bail.

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