Ninth Judicial District, District Attorney General Russell Johnson reports that Anthony Shelley and Tammy Conner were convicted on Monday (11/6/2023) on charges related to an overdose death from fentanyl which occurred in Deer Lodge in May of 2022.
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the residence and found that three individuals had taken the illegal narcotics. Conner and another person were able to be revived, but not the deceased whose autopsy revealed that he died from a combination of fentanyl, oxycodone and Gabapentin toxicity.
Anthony Shelley, as the direct supplier of the fentanyl, pled guilty to Second Degree Murder, a felony, and was sentenced to 15 years to serve at 100%.
Tammy Conner, for her role in trading oxycodone for the fentanyl from Shelley, pled guilty to Attempted Facilitation of Second-Degree Murder, a Class C felony, with a sentence of six years on probation and a requirement to successfully complete an inpatient program to be followed up with outpatient treatment.
DA General Johnson noted that since January 2023 there have been ten overdose deaths in Morgan County and 78 in the four counties of the Ninth Judicial District. To combat this epidemic Johnson formed an overdose task force in December 2021 consisting of his office, his drug task force and local narcotics agents.