Topeka man arrested in connection to drug death

Colter Robinson

April 10, 2024 at 10:55 AM·1 min read

MANHATTAN (KSNT) – A Topeka man was arrested in Manhattan in connection to a drug death.

At 9:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Robert Boyles, Jr., 35, was arrested in the 1000 block of South Seth Child Road for an incident from Aug. 2021 wherein law enforcement officers investigated the death of a 36-year-old woman, according to a press release from the Riley County Police Department (RCPD).

Boyles was arrested on a warrant for distribution of a controlled substance causing death, distribution of opiate/opium/narcotic/stimulant/heroin and use of a communication facility in the commission of a felony drug violation, according to the RCPD.

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