Valeriece D. Ealom, Heroin Distribution, Missouri 2016

Kansas City Woman Admits to Selling Heroin That Led to Fatal Overdose

A Kansas City, Missouri woman has pleaded guilty to selling heroin that resulted in the fatal overdose of a man in Overland Park, Kansas.

Valeriece D. Ealom, 50, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of distributing heroin. By pleading guilty, Ealom admitted to selling heroin for $200 to a man identified as "J.B." on June 19, 2016. She sold heroin to J.B. again the next day.

The deceased body of J.B. was discovered by his wife at their family home in Overland Park at 6:45 p.m. on June 20, 2016. In close proximity to J.B.'s body were two syringes, a lighter, a spoon with heroin residue, tweezers with heroin residue, and an empty plastic baggie with heroin residue. An autopsy report later concluded J.B.'s cause of death was an accidental heroin overdose.

Ealom admitted that on June 20, 2016, she sold J.B. the heroin that resulted in his accidental overdose death. At the time of the offense, Ealom was on supervised release after serving a 10-year sentence for distributing controlled substances.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Ealom will be sentenced to 15 years and six months in federal prison without parole. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Q. McCarther. It was investigated by the Overland Park, Kan., Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/kc-woman-pleads-guilty-selling-heroin-resulted-overland-park-mans-fatal-overdose