NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #5 District Criminal Investigations Bureau and the Organized Crime Bureau: Guns, Gangs and Drug Enforcement Unit, have laid charges after an investigation into a death resulting from the use of fentanyl.
On Feb. 2, 2019 at approximately 6:50 p.m., York Regional Police were called to a residence in the area of Hoover Park Drive and Ninth Line in Whitchurch-Stouffville after a 28-year-old woman was found deceased.
York Regional Police began an investigation into the death and learned that the victim had died as a result of the use of fentanyl. Investigators believe the drug was provided to her by the accused Claire Kozlowski. She was arrested on May 23, 2019.
Officers continued the investigation and determined the identity of the dealer from whom the accused purchased fentanyl and two additional suspects involved in the trafficking of fentanyl. On Wednesday, June 12, 2019, they were arrested and found to be in possession of fentanyl and cocaine.
Investigators are asking anyone with information on this incident, to please come forward.
Charged are:
Claire Kozlowski, 24, City of Mississauga with:
- manslaughter
- criminal negligence cause death
- trafficking fentanyl
Jovane Jolly, 27, City of Mississauga with:
- trafficking fentanyl x5
- possession for purpose x2 - fentanyl
- possession for purpose - cocaine
- conspiracy to commit an indictable offence
- fail to comply with recognizance x2
- criminal negligence cause bodily harm
Michael James Matthews, 34, City of Mississauga with:
- trafficking fentanyl
- conspiracy to commit an indictable offence
- possession for purpose - fentanyl
- possession for purpose - cocaine
David Winn, 63, of no fixed address with:
- trafficking fentanyl
- conspiracy to commit an indictable offence
- possession - fentanyl
- possession - cocaine
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the York Regional Police #5 District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7541. Anyone with information on the trafficking of fentanyl is asked to contact the Organized Crime Bureau Guns, Gangs and Drug Enforcement Unit, at 1-866-876-5423, ext.7817 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online.
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