A felon previously arrested more than a dozen times has been accused of selling narcotics to a man who died of an overdose in Naugatuck in March.

Rodney Coriano, 36, of Bridgeport was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree manslaughter and sale of a hallucinogen/narcotics, according to the Naugatuck Police Department .

The charges stem from a fatal overdose on March 23 when officers responded to a residence on the report of a suspected overdose and found a man unresponsive in a bedroom, police said. First responders initiated lifesaving measures before the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators found no signs of trauma but learned that the man had an alleged history of drug use before reportedly finding white glassine bags containing a white/yellow powdery subs

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