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Tempe Police arrested a man and charged him with the sale of fentanyl after another man was found dead in a car.

Freddie Avila was arrested and been booked into Maricopa County Jail for the sale of narcotics and the sale of lethal fentanyl. Both charges are felonies.

The charges stem from the death of 47-year-old Chris Joseph, who police found unresponsive in a Toyota Corolla on March 15, 2025. His vehicle was in the 2000 block of East Rio Salado Parkway, at a gas station near Tempe Marketplace. Medical professionals later pronounced him d

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