Pasco man arrested on murder charge in fatal fentanyl overdose

A New Port Richey man was arrested Monday on a first-degree murder charge that stems from a fatal fentanyl overdose in Pasco County, in accordance with court docket data and arrest reviews.

An arrest warrant states on the morning of May 11, a lady drove her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend Robert Michelmore, 41, to a number of places in the Hudson and Port Richey space together with a Best Buy, in accordance with court docket data.

Michelmore would later admit to deputies that he put fentanyl in his girlfriend’s purse whereas at Best Buy. According to court docket data, he had purchased fentanyl the day earlier than and despatched the girl a textual content stating, “I got some fetty.”

The girlfriend’s mom dropped Michelmore off at his home earlier than returning residence together with her daughter that afternoon. Once residence, the daughter mentioned she was going to look at a film, data state. About two hours later, the mom discovered her daughter unresponsive on a loveseat.

Deputies responded to the residence in Hudson after the mom referred to as 911. They discovered the daughter’s cellular phone subsequent to her on the seat, with a textual content message from Michelmore studying, “I tried calling you and you wouldn’t answer the phone, how is it,” in accordance with court docket data.

An post-mortem confirmed the girl had died from a mixture of medicine, together with fentanyl.

Michelmore admitted he warned the girl the substance was robust, and that it might kill her. According to court docket data, Michelmore informed the girl to solely take “a little bit” as a result of he “didn’t want her to die.”

Last Thursday, Michelmore was indicted on a charge of “death caused by the unlawful distribution of fentanyl,” in accordance with Pasco County court docket data. The warrant for his arrest was issued the identical day.

Michelmore was arrested by Clearwater police on the Florida Department Of Corrections Probation And Parole Services location in downtown Clearwater on Monday, in accordance with data. Michelmore was then booked on the Pinellas County jail on the Pasco murder warrant.

State corrections data present Michelmore is at the moment on probation in reference to an arrest on expenses of retail theft and trespassing in March. His probation was scheduled to final till October 2023.

He was being held with out bail on the Pinellas jail as of Thursday.