by BECKY GOFF
Little Apple Post
Just before 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 6th, agents from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and officers with the Wamego Police Department arrested 20-year-old, McKaine T. Farr, of Wamego.
Farr was arrested for the alleged distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm on death in connection with the September 5th, 2021 death of 21-year-old Jayson Ebert of Wamego.
The KBI was called to assist the Wamego Police Department on September 9, 2021, after Ebert was discovered deceased at 1312 16th Street in Wamego.
Ebert died from an apparent fentanyl overdose, and according to investigators, Farr knowingly distributed the counterfeit oxycodone tablets lace with fentanyl which caused Ebert's death.
Farr was arrested at 15227 6th Street Road in Wamego and was booked into the Pottawatomie County Jail.
All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
It is expected that the Pottawatomie County Attorney’s Office will prosecute the case.
The investigation is ongoing and no additional details will be released at this time.