A 44-year-old Washington, D.C. man has been indicted on federal charges after prosecutors say he sold a fentanyl-laced pill that killed a 20-year-old Virginia man more than two years ago, then drove the young man's body to a fire station once he had already died. Anthony Winslow was arrested Wednesday and now faces one count of unlawful distribution of fentanyl resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
The indictment stems from the May 20, 2024 death of John “Jack” Hargreaves, 20, according to fox5dc.com. Prosecutors say Winslow supplied the blue pill that caused Hargreaves' overdose, and investigators say messages reviewed during the case showed Winslow sold Hargreaves “blue pills” the night before he died. The U.S. Attorney's Office separately confirmed that an indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court charging Winslow in connection with selling the fatal dose, according to a statement reported by justice.gov.
According to the fox5dc.com report, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Winslow drove to a local fire station with Hargreaves already dead in the passenger's seat. Investigators later discovered two additional blue pills in Hargreaves' sock, and those pills tested positive for fentanyl, the outlet reported. As WJLA reported, Hargreaves was a graduate of Potomac Falls High School.
A Pattern Seen Before in DC Federal Court
This is not the first time federal prosecutors in the District have brought this type of charge. In a comparable case from May 2023, Jaron Johnson, 22, of Washington, D.C., was ordered held pending trial in a separate drug-distribution case that also resulted in a death, per a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office reported by justice.gov.
The cases reflect a wider regional problem that local officials have been tracking closely. Fairfax County police reported that illicit pills containing fentanyl and other substances have been selling locally for less than $10 per pill, down from around $30 per pill in recent years, according to fairfaxcounty.gov. The county also notes that counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl can look identical to authentic pharmaceutical pills, making it nearly impossible for a buyer to know whether any given pill carries a deadly dose.
Fentanyl Seizures and Overdose Trends
Nationally, the scale of the counterfeit pill supply remains enormous. The DEA says it seized more than 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and nearly 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2025, which the agency says is equivalent to more than 369 million lethal doses, according to dea.gov.
In Virginia, preliminary state data show some recent improvement even as the threat persists. The state recorded 16,416 drug-overdose emergency department visits in 2025, a 10 percent decrease from 2024, and preliminary death-certificate data showed 1,197 drug-overdose deaths among Virginia residents in 2025, a 23 percent decrease from the prior year, according to the Virginia Department of Health's data cited at vdh.virginia.gov.
Winslow's arrest Wednesday marks a new stage in a case that has been under investigation since Hargreaves' death in 2024. Federal prosecutors have charged him with one count tied directly to that fatal distribution, though further details of the case, including scheduling and any response from Winslow, have not been made public.
