‘I heard fentanyl is sweet’: Boonville man charged with drug possession

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – A Boonville man is facing charges of possession of a controlled substance after he was found passed out in the backseat of a person’s vehicle.

Evansville Police say Wesley Sellner passed out suddenly in the backseat of a vehicle after he had allegedly “done a line” of heroin.

Police searched the vehicle and found an ID belonging to Sellner and a rolled up dollar bill containing a white powdery substance which they say is consistent to heroin.

Once Sellner regained consciousness, police say he was taken into custody.

Sellner admitted the substance was heroin and he had “snorted” a bunch of it at his grandmother’s home.

It is said the substance tested positive for both heroin and fentanyl.

Police say they informed Sellner of the positive fentanyl test he said it “made sense, it was really sweet and I heard fentanyl is sweet.”

Sellner has been charged with possession of a controlled substance was booked in the Vanderburgh County Jail.

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