text: Federal Charges in Teen's Overdose Death « CBS St. Louis
  Federal Charges in Teen's Overdose Death
  Megan Lynch June 22, 2011 at 2:14 pm
  Filed Under:Heroin, heroin epidemic, US Attorney
  FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (KMOX) – A British man living in Southern Illinois is accused of giving a lethal dose of heroin to a 19-year-old.
  Tyler McKinney of O'Fallon died February 23rd of a heroin overdose.
  The US Attorney's office says 38-year-old Richard Klemis is accused of distributing the drugs that caused McKinney's death, as well as distributing heroin to a minor and possession of heroin.
  If convicted, Klemis faces a maximum sentence of life in prison plus fines.
  McKinney's obituary says he was a 2010 graduate of O'Fallon Township High School and a former member of the Lacrosse team.