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Athens County Couple Charged In April Overdose Death

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published November 20, 2015 at 6:23 AM EST
Athens County Sheriff

An Athens County couple has been charged in the opiate-overdose death of a woman. 45-year-old Roger Rutter and his 33-year-old wife Tammy are charged with giving 27-year-old Mackinsey Roberts the drugs that killed her in at the couple's home last April. Both have pleaded not guilty and are being held on bonds of 250 thousand dollars.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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