A Knox man has been charged with a class one felony of dealing a controlled substance resulting in death.
David Rudd, 20, of Knox had criminal charges filed against him by the Starke County Prosecutor’s office that stem from an investigation by the Starke County Sheriff’s Department.
On May 25 Starke County officers responded to a call of a deceased 19-year-old male that was believed to be caused by an overdose. Detectives identified 19-year-old Camden Combs as the deceased. The coroner’s office provided a toxicology report that revealed Combs tested positive for a lethal dose of controlled substances that included fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Detectives found evidence of communications and currency exchanges between Combs and Rudd around the time of Combs’s death.
A warrant was issued for Rudd’s arrest. He is currently incarcerated in another county on an unrelated charge.
