Thomas Gleason, 26, died in May of fentanyl poisoning after attending a bachelor party with friends in Florida. “If any good can come of this fentanyl poisoning, if it could save one life going forward, I’m all for it,’’ his father, Bob Gleason, said.
“He was a man who was older than his years,’’ said his father, Bob Gleason,“A man who though only 26, lived a life fuller than many people live in 76 years.”
A grand jury indicted Nabors on felony charges of distributing a controlled substance causing death. Nabors turned himself in to the Walton County Jail Wednesday morning and was released Thursday after posting $25,000 bond. “When he realized that joining a fraternity was an essential part of a big southern school experience, he knew he had to fix the problem of not knowing a soul who could sponsor him.”
Later that night, the party continued at their rental house on Sand Dunes Road. There were drinks, and there were strippers – nothing unusual for a bachelor party. Tom’s three friends spent several days in ICU. The groom, whose engagement was called off immediately after the ill-fated bachelor trip, did not snort the drug and was not among those hospitalized, Bob said.
“Our Criminal Investigations Bureau was able to tie the deadly dose Gleason took to Nabors,’’ Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson said in announcing Nabors’ arrest. “Fentanyl poisoning can happen anywhere. You can get it off a joint. You can get it from an Adderall. I liken it you go into a bar or stag party, and you order a shot of Jack Daniels, you take the shot, and you die from it. That’s what happened here.”
“When it first happened, I thought it was an accident, they just got a bad batch and I didn’t want J.D. to go rot in jail,’’ Bob said. “I wanted to track down the dealers he bought it from and go up the chain.”“My hope for J.D. is for him to pay restitution for everyone’s medical bills and he’s got to do some time in jail because he took a life. He’s got to pay the penalty for that,’’ he said.
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