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Ferndale Woman Connected To Overdose Death Arrested On Drug Charges

Ferndale Woman Connected To Overdose Death Arrested On Drug Charges

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FERNDALE, Wash.- A Ferndale woman accused in connection with a 2020 overdose death has been arrested again- for allegedly selling drugs.

Jail records show 56-year-old Sheila Johnson was taken into custody Wednesday on a cocaine possession and distribution charge.

Police also arrested 45-year-old Amy Hamner in relation to the same incident.

Johnson was previously arrested, along with two others, following the overdose death of 31 year old Evan Parberry in March 2020.

She faces a manslaughter charge for allegedly providing the cocaine that Parberry ingested before he died.

Her trial in that case is set for April of next year.

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