Crime & Safety
Fatal Heroin Overdose Gets Elyria Man Sentenced To 25 Years
A Wellington Village woman died in Feb. 18, 2016 from ingesting heroin and fentanyl. The man who sold her the drugs has now been sentenced.
ELYRIA, OH — A Wellington Village woman overdosed on a mixture of fentanyl and heroin on February 18, 2016. The man who sold her the drugs will spend the next 25 years of his life in a federal prison for his role in her death.
Delante Lunn, 38, of Elyria, was convicted earlier this year of distribution of fentanyl and heroin. He was investigated by the FBI, Elyria Police and the Lorain County Prosecutor's Office.
"The entire country is dealing with a surge of overdose deaths as a result of the heroin epidemic," Elyria Police Chief Duane Whitely said in Aug. 2016 after Lunn was arrested. "Lorain County Ohio is no exception."
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"Lorain County law enforcement agencies have been attacking this epidemic for several years. Selling drugs that result in the someone's death needs to be pursued as a murder. It is no different than killing someone with a gun. Our relationship with the U.S. Attorney's Office has proved to be a winning partnership. By working together, we are able to put these murderers in prison for a long time," Whitely continued.
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