Seaman Bailey Szramowski, 27, knew the pills were laced, but sold them to at least two shipmates anyway, according to federal investigators. A U.S. Navy seaman is accused of pulling double duty as a shipboard drug dealer while serving on the San Diego-based nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, only getting caught after a batch of bogus Percocet tainted with fentanyl killed a fellow sailor.
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Bailey Szramowski, 27, knew the pills were laced, but sold them to at least two shipmates anyway, according to a federal complaint filed Tuesday. Szramowski, who does not yet have an attorney listed in court records, was unable to be reached for comment. A Navy spokesman told The Independent he would look into Szramowski’s service status as he awaits trial.
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The case against Szramowski, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native, stems from a fatal January 3, 2023, overdose that left a USS Lincoln sailor dead, according to the complaint. The victim, identified in court filings only as “A.N.,” was on leave at the time, staying in an RV parked outside his aunt and uncle’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Officers from the San Leandro Police Department say they searched the RV and discovered “evidence of drug use — specifically, a rolled-up dollar bill that had a white substance fall out when investigators handled it,” the complaint states. An autopsy later concluded that A.N. had died of “acute fentanyl intoxication.”.
Ten days after A.N.’s death, a second sailor stationed onboard the USS Lincoln was rushed to the hospital following an apparent OD, the complaint goes on. It says first responders successfully revived the sailor, who is identified in the complaint as “C.L.,” with Narcan, a prescription nasal spray used to counteract opioid overdoses.
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