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Man pleads guilty to dealing fentanyl that caused a twenty-one-year-old man to die in Fort Myers

Posted at 5:02 PM, Feb 27, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-27 17:02:55-05

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Fort Myers man pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl that caused a deadly overdose.

Gregory Apicella, 53 pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl and caused the death of a 21-year-old man living in Fort Myers.

Prosecutors say Apicella sold fentanyl, in January 2018 to a 21-year-old man who later died from an overdose.

Detectives say they recovered about nine grams of fentanyl from Apicella's home while executing a search warrant.

Apicella faces a possible life sentence.