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Thursday afternoon, the Denison Police Department released information related to arrests made that day. In the news release, they said two Denison residents had been arrested for murder following an investigation into a fentanyl overdose death.
“On Thursday, September 5, officers were dispatched to a residence in the Perrin Estates neighborhood after a female was found unconscious,” the release said. “Denison Fire personnel attempted life-saving measures on the female, but she was ultimately pronounced deceased on the scene by the Justice of the Peace.”
The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the female as 20-year-old Macie Joe Chastain and ruled her cause of death as multidrug toxicity, including methamphetamine and fentanyl.
“During the investigation, evidence showed that 34-year-old Andrew Michael Smith gave fentanyl laced pills to Chastain before she died as well as additional evidence that Gregory Noah Honesty III sold the fentanyl laced pills to Smith that he provided to Chastain,” the release said.
“On Thursday, November 21, Denison PD, with the assistance of the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force, arrested Andrew Michael Smith on a Murder warrant in the 700 block of East Gandy Street in Denison. He is currently in the Grayson County Jail, with bail not yet set.”
This was not Honesty’s first fentanyl overdose death arrest.
“Gregory Noah Honesty was on bond for Murder at the time of Chastain’s death,” the release said. “Honesty had been previously indicted in Collin County on Murder stemming from a fatal fentanyl overdose in Princeton, Texas. Honesty is currently in jail at Collin County and has been served an additional Murder charge for his role in the death of Chastain.”
These arrests was a unique arrest for Grayson County law enforcement.
“This is the first set of fentanyl Murder arrests in Grayson County since a new state law went into effect on Sept. 1, 2023, that created a criminal offense of Murder for supplying fentanyl that results in death,” the release said..
“The Denison Police Department is dedicated to the ongoing fight against fentanyl, standing with victims and their families while working tirelessly to protect our community from its devastating effects.”
