08/25/11 Greenwich Police Department Has Made An Arrest In The Death Of Christopher Harris, Of Riverside, Who Died At The Age Of 18 On Jan. 8, 2011
William Nelson, 18 was arrested overdose death of Riverside teenager Christopher Harris, who was found unresponsive at his Florence Road home in January.
Greenwich police had an active arrest warrant for Mr. Nelson, who turned himself in.
The GDP charged him with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and conspiracy to possess narcotics.
The police expect two more arrests in this case.
On January 8th, Christopher Harris was transported to Stamford Hospital after being found unresponsive around 9 a.m.
Christopher Harris Sr. and medics both attempted to revive Harris at the home.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital at 10:25 a.m.
The State Medical Examiner's office ruled in April that Christopher Harris' death was an accidental overdose by acute opiate intoxication.
Four friends, one of whom was Nelson, went to teenaged Harris' home to visit January 7th and during the night they all smoked marijuana.
Mr. Harris also consumed some Xanax that was provided by a third friend at the drug party.
Later in the evening Mr. Nelson drove to New Rochelle, N.Y., with one of the friends from the drug party to buy the painkiller Opana from a street dealer.
Later, Harris and a friend snorted the contents of one of the pills.
Mr. Nelson stated to police that he snorted half of his pill and threw the other half away because he didn't like it.
A third pill was unused.
Mr. Harris went upstairs to bed in his parents home, while the other friends slept off their intoxication in the basement.
Mr. Nelson posted bond and is due in court Aug. 31.
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