Fentanyl Death
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – A man who supplied fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of his 29-year-old friend in Norco pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary manslaughter and other offenses, even as jurors were deliberating whether to convict him of second-degree murder.
Jacob Austin Parr, 45, admitted the manslaughter count, as well as two counts of transportation or sale of controlled substances, under a plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for his admissions, prosecutors dropped the murder charge against him.
The plea deal was announced Friday morning as jurors resumed deliberations following a weeklong break granted by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Hollenhorst. The panel had already deliberated three days around the holidays…