An upstate New York man is facing narcotics charges in connection to the overdose death of another man at the Electric Zoo music festival on Randall's Island last year.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says Patrick Morgan, 23, of Buffalo, New York, was arrested Wednesday morning. He faces a charge of conspiring to distribute narcotics and another count of distributing narcotics.
Authorities say Morgan sold MDMA, or ecstasy, to three other men in August 2013. The men later attended the Electric Zoo music festival. One of the men, 23-year-old Jeffrey Russ of Rochester, New York, died from an overdose of MDMA combined with hyperthermia.
Morgan was released on $100,000 signature bond Wednesday afternoon and ordered to return to court on Monday. His attorney's information was not immediately available.
