A Habersham County Grand Jury recently indicted Corey Cantrell, 28, Gainesville, on an Aggravated Involuntary Manslaughter charge for the sale of fentanyl and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. All of this in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of Sidney Cantrell.
On January 19, the GBI Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) was requested by the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office to investigate a suspected fentanyl overdose death. The investigation shows that Sidney Cantrell, 27, died of a fentanyl overdose from fentanyl he received from Corey Cantrell. The pair was not related.
On February 12, ARDEO agents along with Gainesville police K9 units and Hall County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Units arrested Corey Cantrell at his home in Gainesville.
The death of Sidney Cantrell and arrest of Corey Cantrell were not made public until Tuesday.