Dearborn Co. Jury Convicts Fentanyl Dealer

By Mike Perleberg Sebastian Durstock. Photo by Dearborn County Sheriff's Department. (Dearborn County, Ind.) - A drug dealer has been convicted after a four-day jury trial in Dearborn County. Sebastian D. Durstock, 23, of Patriot, was convicted on Friday of Dealing in a Narcotic Drug while in Possession of a Firearm (level 2 felony). He is now facing up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced by Judge James D. Humphrey on October 11. According to a news release from the Dearborn-Ohio County Prosecutor’s Office, Durstock was arrested last January 13 when officers responded to a suspected overdose in Lawrenceburg. Investigators say he was in possession of six grams of fentanyl, a 9mm handgun, scales, and more than $300 in cash. “Deputy Prosecutors Jeffrey Wilson and Blaine Burgess represented the State of Indiana, and the investigation was completed by Officer Bill Lynam, Lawrenceburg Police Department,” said Dearborn-Ohio County Prosecutor Lynn Deddens. Deddens thanked the jury for sifting through the evidence and considering hours of testimony.  

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