ROSEBURG, Ore. - A suspicious death in the Green District has led to the arrest of a Roseburg resident in connection with a possible fentanyl overdose, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

DCSO officials said that 34-year-old Zachary Slaymaker was found dead on Dec. 4 in his home on Grange Road. Evidence suggests a drug overdose, with fentanyl as the likely cause, sheriff's officials said. Authorities said that detectives from the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) identified George Perez, 39, as a suspect. They believe he sold fentanyl to Slaymaker shortly before his death, sheriff's officials said.

On Dec. 5, detectives arrested Perez in a parking lot on NW Aviation Drive. He was found with a small amount of suspected fentanyl. Perez faces charges, including unlawfu

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