Earle Carrion-Cruz
Earle Carrion-Cruz died on March 28, 2019, while held at Lancaster County Prison in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Lancaster County Coroner's Office ruled his death an accidental fentanyl overdose. Police say he and another person held there took drugs that had been left in a trash can on a work detail, and that he overdosed shortly after snorting some in a prison bathroom. Two men were charged in connection with arranging the drugs' delivery, and the other person who took the drugs survived.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Lancaster County Coroner's Office ruled the death an accidental fentanyl overdose, and police say he snorted drugs that had been left in a trash can on a work detail.
Reported by: Lancaster County Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); police.