{"id":398092,"date":"2026-08-05T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398092\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:30:09","slug":"man-charged-accused-of-giving-fentanyl-to-harris-county-teenagers-leading-to-18-year-olds-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398092\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged, accused of giving fentanyl to Harris County teenagers leading to 18-year-old\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>16-year-old also overdosed, but survived<\/p>\n<p>Generic cuffs and gavel &#8211; lightbox KPRC (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2013 The Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office says a 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged following an investigation into the death of an 18-year-old and the fentanyl overdose of a 16-year-old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The sheriff\u2019s office says the investigation into Avery Williams began on January 10.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On January 10, 2026, HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Group 1 initiated an investigation into Avery Williams (8-25-95) for Murder by Fentanyl Delivery. Williams allegedly provided powder fentanyl to a group of teenage males, resulting in the death of 18-year-old Logan\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sG9IEq5Cn0\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/sG9IEq5Cn0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SheriffEd_HCSO\/status\/2084821768275960119?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 5, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">It is alleged Williams gave powder fentanyl to a group of teenagers, leading to the death of 18-year-old Logan Ricks and the overdose of a 16-year -old, who survived after being transported for medical treatment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">On Tuesday, the sheriff\u2019s office says HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Group 1, sheriff\u2019s detectives, and the Tomball PD Task Force arrested Williams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Williams is charged with murder by fentanyl delivery. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/JB2Q1RZ712JI7KLO0BEWWLE7PS\/\" title=\"View Christian Terry&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Terry<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. He is passionate about weather and the outdoors and often spends his days off on the water fishing.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"16-year-old also overdosed, but survived Generic cuffs and gavel &#8211; lightbox KPRC (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[139747,294,2530,117455,405,56,58,57,636,68428],"class_list":["post-398092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-avery-williams","tag-crime","tag-drugs","tag-fentanyl-murder","tag-harris-county","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-murder","tag-overdose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}