Flippin man arrested following suspected teenage overdose


A Flippin man, 24-year-old Sean Brian Hennington, has been arrested and charged with two felony drug offenses following a Norfork student being treated for a suspected overdose.

According to the arrest affidavit, the incident began on May 9 when a Norfork school resource officer was notified that a 15-year-old student was taken to Baxter Regional Medical Center via ambulance for  treatment of a suspected overdose. The juvenile was reported to have purchased and consumed approximately eight capsules believed to be Xanax.

Details in the affidavit indicate the second juvenile acquired the pills from Hennington at a party the weekend before the suspected overdose incident. The second juvenile is alleged to have then sold the capsules to another juvenile at Norfork High School and to have given one of the pills he had acquired to a juvenile female.

Hennington was identified through the subsequent investigation and charged with delivery of a scheduled IV controlled substance and distribution of a controlled substance to a minor, both felony offenses.

His bond was set at $20,000.

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