Charles Lamont Stevenson
Charles Lamont Stevenson died in November 2023 while held at the Iredell County Detention Center in North Carolina. The Iredell County Sheriff's Office said he was placed in a holding cell after being brought to the jail, then swallowed a package containing fentanyl and became unconscious within minutes. Iredell County EMS pronounced him dead. An autopsy reportedly found another bag of powder inside his body, and the State Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Iredell County Sheriff's Office says Charles Lamont Stevenson swallowed a package containing fentanyl in a holding cell and that staff gave CPR and Narcan before EMS pronounced him dead.
Reported by: Iredell County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Iredell County EMS; State Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).