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Prosecutors charged Chicago residents Richard A. Husband, 73,
and Wayne Townsend, 71, with possession of fentanyl-laced heroin
with intent to distribute.
Documents filed in U.S. District Court accuse Husband and
Townsend of dealing and possessing fentanyl-laced heroin at the
Jesse Brown Veterans Administration Medical Center in Chicago.
Prosecutors outline parts of the case against Husband in a
14-page criminal complaint that includes photos of Husband using
a motorized wheelchair to distribute the gray fentanyl-laced
heroin in plastic bags. It was nicknamed "gray death" because of
the strength of the product and the number of overdoses that had
occurred among users, according to the complaint.
Prosecutors said Townsend, who was addicted to heroin, began
selling the drug in 2021. He allegedly sold the drugs to about
10 customers at the VA Medical Center who were veterans,
according to a separate criminal complaint.
If convicted, both men face up to 20 years in prison.
Brett Rowland is an award-winning journalist who
has worked as an editor and reporter in newsrooms in Illinois
and Wisconsin. He is an investigative reporter for The Center
Square.
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