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March 18, 2006Two men are facing charges in deaths caused by methadone overdosesPETOSKEY- Accused methadone dealers from two northern Michigan towns are charged with homicides in unrelated overdose deaths.A Harbor Springs man faces second-degree murder charges in Emmet County for a woman's October overdose. In Charlevoix County, officials charged an East Jordan teen with manslaughter for an East Jordan high school student's December overdose. Kaven Turman, 39, was arraigned Friday in Emmet County district court on second-degree murder and drug delivery charges for the Oct. 30 death of Katherine Dailey. Noah Dodge, 17, was arraigned Thursday in Charlevoix County district court on manslaughter charges in the Dec. 15 death of Christopher Crain, also 17. The charging decisions were unusual in the eyes of district Judge Richard May, who sits in both Charlevoix and Emmet counties. "I haven't had one of these in 10 years, and all of the sudden I get one yesterday and one today," May remarked Friday to a prosecutor before arraigning Turman. Eric Kaiser, Emmet's chief assistant prosecutor, would not comment when asked about the second-degree murder charge. "Of course, I would never make a charge where I didn't think the proofs would support the charge," he said. Authorities said Turman, who had a prescription for methadone, admitted to Emmet County Detective JL Sumpter that he supplied Dailey, of Harbor Springs, with four doses of the drug. It was Turman who discovered her body Oct. 30 and called 911. "He said he knew it (supplying her drugs) was wrong," Sumpter wrote in court records. Dodge, according to Charlevoix County court records, allegedly obtained methadone from a deceased relative who'd had a prescription. On Dec. 14, he allegedly sold Crain six pills for $5 each, telling Crain, according to East Jordan Police Chief Dan Reece's affidavit: "It's a good time. Just buy (them)." Crain's mother discovered her son in his bedroom at 6 a.m. Dec. 15. The cause of death, according to court records, was "acute methadone intoxication." Manslaughter, the charge Dodge faces, carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence. He also faces three counts of delivering a controlled substance, a 20-year felony. Second-degree murder is potentially a life offense. Turman, too, faces three counts of delivering a controlled substance. He remains in jail on $300,000 bond. Bond in Dodge's case was set at $200,000. He is no longer in jail, according to the sheriff's department.
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