KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Overland Park man is charged with distribution of drugs resulting in death after the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Gardner teen in 2022.
Hugo Cesar Guzman, Jr., 20, is charged in Johnson County District Court with distribution of drugs causing death and two counts of distribution of fentanyl.
The victim, Wesley Howard, died on Feb. 20, 2022.
Guzman's bond was set at $250,000.
He made his first court appearance Thursday and will be back in court Oct. 19 for a hearing.
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