Mac Miller death: Second man arrested in connection with rapper's fatal overdose

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Two men have now been arrested in connection with Mac Miller’s death.

Ryan Reavis, of Lake Havasu City in Arizona, was held after a search by federal agents on Monday, according to the Lake Havasu City Police Department. The investigation is part of an active case involving Miller’s death, the police said.

This comes three weeks after the arrest of another man who has been charged with allegedly selling counterfeit opioid pills to Miller two days before the rapper’s 2018 fatal overdose.

The search, which was led by the FBI, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and local detectives, returned “a physician’s prescription pad, prescription-only pills, a usable amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia”, according to the police department.

“A 9mm pistol, two shotguns, a personally manufactured firearm suppressor, and large amounts of ammunition were also found and seized inside the residence,” the police added.

Reavis, 36, has now been charged with fraudulent schemes and artifices, possession of marijuana, possession of prescription drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, weapons misconduct by a prohibited possessor, and manufacture of a prohibited weapon.

He was held on a $50,000 cash-only bond during his initial appearance.

Cameron James Pettit, the other man arrested in connection to Miller’s death, is accused of allegedly selling Miller counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl, a powerful opioid, two days before the rapper’s death.

Miller was found dead by his assistant at his Los Angeles home on 7 September, 2018. He was 26 years old.

An autopsy later found that Miller had died of an accidental overdose involving a combination of fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol.