ROCKINGHAM — Investigators have charged a woman in a late 2024 overdose death.
Sarah Alexis McCumbee, 27, was arrested late Thursday on charges of death by distribution and selling or delivering a Schedule II controlled substance.
McCumbee is accused of delivering an unspecified quantity of fentanyl to Sean McDonald on or around Nov. 19, 2024. The ingestion of the fentanyl, according to the arrest warrant, “proximately caused” McDonald’s death.
The warrant, taken out by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, was issued April 21 and McCumbee was arrested April 24.
She is being held without bond in the Richmond County Jail and is scheduled to appear in court May 8.
North Carolina’s death by distribution law was signed into law in 2019, with support from both of the county’s legislative representatives in the General Assembly at the time.
The RCSO charged Regina Collins with death by distribution in January of 2020. State records show Collins was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in August of that year and she served seven months in prison. Her parole ended Feb. 14, 2022.
In 2022, the Hamlet Police Department issued a BOLO for a suspect in a death by distribution case. However, police told the RO on Friday that the charge was dismissed by the district attorney’s office based on further investigation.
Earlier this week, a woman in Greensboro was convicted of death by distribution and other drug charges from a 2022 case.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
NOTE: This story has been updated to correct the date of the incident. 5-7-25.
