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Dealer Pleads Guilty in Electric Zoo Overdose Death

12/12/2014
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(Radio.com) The 2013 edition of New York's EDM festival Electric Zoo was marred by tragedy when two attendees died and four other fell critically ill, all from overdoses on "molly," which in theory is a pure form of the drug MDMA. The third day of the three-day event was eventually canceled after the second overdose death.

On Thursday (Dec. 11), the man charged with distributing the lethal narcotics, Patrick Morgan, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute narcotics.

According to CBS New York, the prosecution and Morgan's lawyer have agreed to a stipulated sentencing guideline range, which means he'll most likely be sentenced to less than a year behind bars, as opposed to the maximum 20 years in prison that's generally attached to such a charge.

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