A 26-year-old San Mateo man charged with second-degree murder for allegedly providing fentanyl to a woman who overdosed and died pleaded not guilty, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
Arellano — who did not sell drugs, only made the purchase for himself and the victim, Wagstaffe said — is allegedly a fentanyl addict himself who had overdosed before and was aware of the dangers of the drug.
On the occasion of one of those overdoses, the San Mateo Police Department had admonished Arellano that fentanyl was deadly and that it could lead, in the future, to a murder prosecution should he provide it to another person who died, according to Wagstaffe. Dahbour had also overdosed twice before, Wagstaffe said.
This follows an increase in prosecution of providers of deadly drugs across the state of California and is the second such case being prosecuted in San Mateo County, Wagstaffe said.
Arellano is being held in custody without bail and a preliminary hearing will be held April 28.
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