{"id":134014,"date":"2024-05-31T13:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=134014"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:06:17","slug":"police-charge-man-with-first-degree-murder-in-drug-overdose-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=134014","title":{"rendered":"Police Charge Man With First-Degree Murder In Drug Overdose Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-134003\" src=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JEFFREY-MOYER.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JEFFREY-MOYER.jpg 265w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JEFFREY-MOYER-126x160.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>JEFFREY MOYER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">\n<p>Tampa Police, working with the assistance of the United States Marshals<br \/>\nService Fugitive Task Force, have arrested 48-year-old <strong>Jeffrey Moyer<\/strong> on charges stemming from the drug overdose death of<br \/>\n29-year-old <strong>Kenny Martin<\/strong> on February 8, 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tampa Police <strong>Chief Lee Bercaw<\/strong> said, \u201cThis is the first arrest Tampa Police have made on a murder charge resulting from the unlawful distribution of controlled substances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn Tampa, we have zero tolerance for drug dealing and we will pursue<br \/>\nevery avenue available in holding those responsible accountable to the fullest<br \/>\nextent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On February 8, 2024, Tampa Police officers responded to the report of a<br \/>\nmedical emergency on N. Forest Hills Dr. There, they found <strong>Martin <\/strong>unresponsive<br \/>\nin the bathroom and, despite life-saving efforts, he died shortly after being<br \/>\ntransported to a nearby hospital. Officers recovered two baggies from <strong>Martin&#8217;s<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>pants pocket. A preliminary test of the contents was completed, with results<br \/>\nindicating narcotics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A detailed investigation by Tampa Police Detectives revealed that <strong>Martin<\/strong> had<br \/>\npurchased narcotics from <strong>Moyer<\/strong> earlier that day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testing confirmed the<br \/>\npresence of both methamphetamine and fentanyl in the recovered baggies. The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner determined the substances, supplied by <strong>Moyer,<\/strong> directly caused <strong>Martin&#8217;s<\/strong> death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, May 24, 2024, <strong>Moyer<\/strong> was arrested at his home and charged with first-degree murder resulting from the unlawful distribution of a controlled<br \/>\nsubstance. He was transported to Pasco County Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JEFFREY MOYER Tampa Police, working with the assistance of the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, have arrested 48-year-old Jeffrey Moyer on charges stemming from the drug overdose death of 29-year-old Kenny Martin on February 8, 2024. Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said, \u201cThis is the first arrest Tampa Police have made on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134016,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134014\/revisions\/134016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}