On Friday,, the Placer County District Attorney’s Office announced that 21-year-old Nathaniel Cabacungan was convicted of second-degree murder, among other charges, as it relates to a local Roseville area fentanyl death of a 15-year-old-girl reported in June 2022. This conviction is the first of its kind in the state.
The arrest was made after an investigation by the Placer Special Investigations Unit (PSIU), a collaborative effort by the California Department of Justice, Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Roseville Police Department, Rocklin Police Department, Auburn Police Department, the Placer County Probation Department, and the Placer County District Attorney’s Office.
The defendant appeared in Placer County Superior Court this morning where the murder conviction was secured by the Placer County District Attorney’s Office Special Prosecutions Unit with the direct support of the Placer County Sheriff’s Office’s dedicated detective to PSIU.
The defendant is set to be sentenced on Aug. 16, 2023, at 3 p.m. in Department 42 at the Santucci Justice Center in Roseville.
Aggressive prosecution is one of the many pillars of Placer County’s fight against the fentanyl crisis. Learn more at www.placer.ca.gov/fightingfentanyl.
Placer County District Attorney files murder charges against suspect involved in a fentanyl death of 15-year-old Roseville girl
Published. Aug. 12, 2022
The Placer County District Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint against 20-year-old Nathaniel Cabacungan for charges of murder, furnishing a controlled substance to a minor, and meeting with a minor for the purpose of engaging in lewd behavior as it relates to a local Roseville area fentanyl death of a 15-year-old-girl reported on June 21, 2022. The criminal complaint also charges that Cabacungan possessed and transported fentanyl pressed into pills in the form of M30 (Percocet) pills for the purposes of sale.
This arrest was made after an investigation by the Placer County Special Investigation Unit, a collaborative effort by the California Department of Justice, Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Roseville Police Department, Rocklin Police Department, Auburn Police Department, the Placer County Probation Department, and the Placer District Attorney’s Office.
The defendant appeared in Placer County Superior Court this afternoon where the Public Defender’s Office was appointed to represent the defendant and the arraignment was continued to Aug.19. The defendant is currently held at the Placer County jail without bail.
Learn more about the local fentanyl epidemic at www.1pillcankillPlacer.com
Editors notes:
- June 6 – Lawmakers Introduce Constitutional Amendment to Pass “Alexandra’s Law,” Hold Fentanyl Dealers Accountable
- May 4 – Cal Cities Urges Legislature to Take Action on Fentanyl
- May 4 – AG Announces Seizure of Fentanyl and Other Drugs Worth $4.2 Million
- May 2 – Darknet Trafficking of Fentanyl and Opioids Operation Results in Record Arrests and Seizures
- April 27 – Several Fentanyl Bills Killed by State Democrats
- April 18 – Californians Demand Lawmakers Act on Fentanyl Crisis
- March 29 – Bill to Hold Drug Dealers Accountable for Fentanyl Deaths Fails in Committee
- Feb 17 – Assemblyman Patterson Introduces Additional Bills to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis
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How about that a district attorney that can perform the job.
Then there’s soft on crime contra costa.
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