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STOCKTON, Tooele County — A second man has been charged in connection with the death of a 21-year-old woman who fatally overdosed after taking fentanyl.
The woman died June 10 in Stockton. William Camacho Johnson, 45, was arrested and charged in 3rd District Court with manslaughter, a second-degree felony, for allegedly selling fentanyl to the woman who thought she was buying heroin, according to police.
"He sold the fentanyl to the victim, even though he knew it could most likely kill her," investigators wrote in a police booking affidavit.
Now, police have arrested the man accused of supplying Johnson with the drugs.
Jacob Lee Allen, 36, was booked into the Tooele County Jail on Monday and formally charged Tuesday with manslaughter, drug possession with intent to distribute, and arranging to distribute drugs, all second-degree felonies; and tampering with evidence, a class A misdemeanor.
Detectives identified Allen, in part, by collecting text messages on Johnson's phone.
"A text message conversation between Jacob Allen and William even had Jacob informing William that he needed to be careful when selling it because it was fentanyl," the affidavit states.
The Tooele County Major Crimes Task Force served a search warrant on Allen's home on Monday. They found drugs, drug paraphernalia and discovered that Allen had reset his phone to factory settings five days after the woman's death, according to the affidavit.
"Jacob stated he knew he was partially responsible for the death of the victim," the affidavit says. "Jacob stated he had been arrested multiple times for dealing and using and he just can't stop. Jacob stated that the risk of using and dying is the risk you take when you sell and use drugs."
