CARLTON - A Cloquet man faces a third-degree murder charge for allegedly providing another man with a Fentanyl drug patch that triggered a fatal overdose.
Robert Todd Ferguson, 51, was arrested without incident Thursday in Cloquet, the Carlton County sheriff and attorney said in a news release. He was being held in the Carlton County Jail awaiting arraignment.
Authorities said Ferguson provided Paul Duane Mrosla, 25, with Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic, on Jan. 15. Emergency personnel responded to a Carlton address that day on a report of a drug overdose.
Attempts to revive Mrosla were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
A lengthy investigation was conducted by the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office, Cloquet Police Department and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. After interviewing witnesses and medical experts, it was determined that Mrosla had died of an overdose from ingesting the Fentanyl.
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A warrant for Ferguson’s arrest was issued Thursday.
