UPDATE: Cincinnati Man Sentenced in Jail Overdose Death Case

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) – 42-year-old Michael Howard, convicted of supplying a mixture of fentanyl and morphine to 44-year-old Kimberly Mullins that led to the overdose of Mullins’ daughter, was sentenced to 26 years in federal prison on Thursday.

Howard pleaded guilty back in June of 2016, admitting that he had been supplying heroin to Jamie Green, via Mullins, for several months while Green was in custody in Campbell and Kenton Counties.  Mullins arranged for the substances to be delivered to her daughter through other inmates on work release.  Howard admitted supplying the fentanyl/morphine mix to Mullins on September 4th.  Mullins delivered the drugs to Green in the Kenton County Jail through the assistance of two other co-defendants in the case, Lisa Lattimore and Lynette Ball.

Mullins, Lattimore, and Ball were already sentenced to 244, 160, and 140 months, respectively, for their roles in the incident.

All four defendants must serve at least 85% of their sentences.

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8/11/16 4:45 p.m.

Crittenden woman sentenced in overdose death of daughter

A Crittenden woman has been sentenced to 244 months in federal prison for providing illegal drugs to her daughter, an inmate in the Kenton County Jail, who subsequently died of an overdose.

44-year-old Kimberly Mullins was convicted for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and morphine that resulted in an overdose death. Two co-defendants, Lisa Lattimore and Lynette Ball, received 160 and 144 months, respectively, for their roles in supplying the heroin.

Under federal law, all three must serve at least 85 percent of their prison sentences. A fourth defendant, Michael Howard, who supplied the drugs to Mullins, has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.

Mullins, Lattimore, and Ball admitted that, on September 4, 2015, they brought illegal drugs into the Kenton County Jail. Mullins bought what she thought was heroin from Howard that day; but the substance actually contained a combination of fentanyl and morphine.  Mullins arranged for the substance to be delivered to her daughter, Jamie Green, through Ball and Lattimore, fellow inmates in the Kenton County Jail.

During the early morning hours of September 5, 2015, Green took the substance and died of an overdose shortly thereafter. Mullins admitted that she had been regularly arranging deliveries of heroin to her daughter, while her daughter was incarcerated.  Mullins, Lattimore, and Ball pleaded guilty on March 29, 2016.

Two other individuals, Mabry Baioni and Heather Tucker, were later charged and pleaded guilty to conspiring with Howard and Mullins to distribute heroin to Green, while Green was in the Campbell County Detention Center. Baioni and Tucker did not take part in the Kenton County events that led to Green’s death.

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3/30/16 8:18 a.m.

A northern Kentucky mother has pleaded guilty to supplying her daughter with the heroin that she fatally overdosed on while in jail last year.

The Kentucky Enquirer (http://cin.ci/1Rply4F ) reports that Kimberly Mullins on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court in Covington to conspiring with others to get the fatal cocktail that contained heroin and fentanyl to her addicted 25-year-old daughter Jamie Green.

Green, who had been jailed since more than three months on a probation violation, was found unresponsive in the Kenton County jail Sept. 4 after taking the drug.

Co-defendants Lisa Lattimore and Lynette Ball also pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge. U.S. District Court Judge Amul Thapar told the women they will each return to court in July to face sentences of 20 years to life in prison.

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Information from: The Kentucky Enquirer, http://www.nky.com

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