- December 26, 2024
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A Flagler County man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole in the case of a 2022 overdose death.
On Nov. 21, Brian Pirraglia was found guilty by a Flagler County jury of first-degree murder by unlawful distribution of a controlled substance after a three-day trial, according to a Flagler County Sheriff's Office press release. Pirraglia was accused and then convicted of selling drugs laced with fentanyl to a Palm Coast man in 2022 who then died of a drug overdose.
The trial followed a two-year investigation by FCSO's Major Case Unit, Special Investigations Unit, Crime Scene Investigations Unit, Community Policing Division, and Real Time Crime Center, as well as the State Attorney’s Office - 7th Judicial Circuit’s Homicide Investigation Unit, the press release said.
Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly previously directed that all overdose deaths be investigated as homicide cases, the press release said. Since this directive, 11 individuals have been arrested for causing overdose deaths and seven, including Pirraglia, have been convicted and sentenced to state prison.
“We will continue to use every means possible to hold drug dealers accountable if they kill someone with their poison," Staly said. "If you are a poison peddler and sell a fatal dose in Flagler County, we are coming for you next.”
