Man who sold drugs that led to OD death pleads guilty to federal charges

DAYTON — A man accused of selling drugs in the Dayton-area that led to at least one overdose death pleaded guilty to federal charges in court Monday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Myron D. Baker, 35, of Dayton, was scheduled to stand trial today in federal court, however he entered guilty pleas to two counts related to distributing opiods like carfentanil, fentanyl, and heroin, the Department of Justice announced in a media release Monday afternoon.

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Baker faces a combined mandatory minimum of 30 years to life in prison, according to DOJ officials.

Court documents allege Baker ran an operation from a home on Lexington Avenue in Dayton and sold drugs that contributed to at least one overdose death and two non-fatal overdoes.

Baker was charged for a March 2017 incident where two people bought what they thought was heroin from Baker in Trotwood, according to court documents. The drugs contained carfentanil and caused both to overdose. One person was revived from the OD, while the other died, according to the DOJ.

As a part of the guilty pleas, Baker accepted responsibility for causing the overdose death and causing at least two other non-fatal ODs.

Baker remains an inmate in the Montgomery County Jail, according to online jail records.