A man had a mixed verdict in federal court on a drug possession charge in the death of Suffolk University student Nicole Fusaro, a case that the NBC10 Investigators have previously looked into..
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A Massachusetts man has been convicted of drug possession with intent to distribute, but not guilty of selling the drugs that resulted in a woman's death more than four years ago.
Nicole Fusaro, a 29-year-old Suffolk University student, was found unresponsive in a Natick apartment on Nov. 17, 2019. Her death was featured in the NBC10 Boston Investigators' reporting last year on the difficulty of bringing prosecutions in overdose deaths.
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Police confiscated a pill press and mounds of drugs, some laced with fentanyl.
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Rafael Ashworth, who lived in the apartment, was charged in the case. A federal jury convicted him Tuesday of possession with intent to distribute.
However, Ashworth was found not guilty of distributing drugs resulting in death.
Ashworth is due to be sentenced on April 30.
