A Daviess County man has been sentenced after pleading guilty in connection to an April 2023 incident where five people ages 17-22 overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl, according to the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office.
Jonathan Storm Martinez, now 25, received a final sentence of 6 years in prison for multiple charges related to the incident.
According to DCSO, Martinez was sentenced to 5 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl and 1 year in prison for trafficking cocaine, with those sentences to run consecutively. He also received concurrent sentences of 12 months in jail for possession of drug paraphernalia and 45 days in jail for possession of marijuana.
The sentencing stems from an incident that occurred in April 2023.
According to a previous release, DCSO deputies were dispatched to the 500 block of Camden Circle around 12:45 a.m. on April 8, 2023, in reference to a suspected drug overdose with CPR in progress. Upon arrival deputies, along with members of AMR Owensboro and the Daviess County Fire Department, located two young adults suffering from an overdose associated with cocaine.
Deputies said that one female subject was completely unresponsive and was having CPR administered by someone on scene, and that one male subject was in and out of consciousness. Both subjects were transported by AMR to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital to receive further treatment.
While continuing their investigation, deputies were informed of a third subject being brought to OHRH by personal vehicle, according to the report. While at the hospital, two additional subjects were brought into OHRH in reference to a cocaine overdose — bringing the total to five affected persons, with one of the five being a juvenile.
DCSO said the victims include three males ages 22, 19, and 18, along with two females ages 19 and 17. All five individuals survived.
Deputies reported that through investigation they discovered all five subjects were connected to each other. Deputies said they were informed by hospital staff that the cocaine was suspected to be laced with fentanyl.
After DCSO’s Special Investigations Unit conducted a nearly 3-month-long investigation, Martinez, of the 100 block of Lakewood Drive, was arrested in July 2023. DCSO previously said Martinez sold a quantity of cocaine laced with fentanyl to individuals who were going to a party.
