Two men have pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl in connection with at least six fentanyl-linked deaths in Kalamazoo County last year. James "Yola" Smith was charged in June with distributing cocaine and using a cell phone to facilitate the distribution.

Federal authorities report two guilty pleas in the criminal case of the April 2023 deaths from fentanyl poisoning.

Two Michigan men pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl mistaken for cocaine, leading to six deaths and highlighting the widespread fentanyl crisis in the U.S.

Two men have pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to the distribution of cocaine laced with fentanyl in the Kalamazoo area that resulted in multiple deaths in 2023, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced.

Federal attorneys say two men charged in connection to multiple fentanyl deaths in Kalamazoo last year have pleaded guilty.

Two Kalamazoo County men plead guilty to federal charges in connection to a mass poisoning event linked to the deaths of at least seven people in April 2023.