A Milwaukee man has been convicted in the fentanyl overdose death of a Fond du Lac County man. Derrise Townsend has pleaded no contest to First Degree Reckless Homicide and a sentencing hearing will be scheduled. Townsend is accused of providing the fentanyl that led to the death of a town of Metomen man in May of 2020. Townsend is also charged with reckless homicide in Milwaukee County.
