Waterloo Man Pleads Guilty in Heroin Death

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By Rachel Begle

WATERLOO, Iowa - A Waterloo man has pleaded guilty to a federal heroin charge stemming from the overdose death of another man.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says 45-year-old Lewis Bolden pleaded guilty to conspiracy to deliver 100 grams of more of heroin while having a prior felony drug conviction. Bolden faces up to the life in prison and an $8 million fine at sentencing.

Bolden and two others were charged following the November 2011 overdose death of Tai-Lin Phillips, of Waterloo.

The others, Mark Wilson-Bey, of Calumet City, Ill., and VonVetta Sawyers, of Waterloo, already pleaded guilty to federal drug charges.

Authorities say they were involved in an agreement to distribute heroin between 2007 and 2011.

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