NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #5 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have laid charges after an investigation into a death from fentanyl.
On Feb. 25, 2019 at approximately 2:50 a.m., York Regional Police were called to a residence in the area of 14th Avenue and Kennedy Road in Markham after a 33-year-old man 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 drugs laced with fentanyl. Officers continued the investigation and determined the identity of the dealer who had sold the drugs to the victim. On Tuesday, June 18, 2019, he was arrested and searched. He was in possession of substances believed to be cocaine and heroin. Investigators are asking anyone with information on this incident, to please come forward.
Charged: Michael Calvan, 33, of Richmond Hill
Charges:
- manslaughter
- criminal negligence cause death
- trafficking in schedule 1 substance
- possession for purpose of trafficking
This is the third recent investigation where an individual has been charged with manslaughter in York Region after a death has occurred as a result of fentanyl. It is now well known that fentanyl has caused thousands of deaths across Canada. Anyone trafficking, sharing or providing or lacing other drugs with fentanyl is putting the lives of others at risk and can expect to face serious criminal consequences.
For more information on how partners from across York Region are working together to reduce opioid harms, read the Opioid Action Plan. 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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