Greensboro, NC – A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a 2024 fatal overdose in Pleasant Garden, according to the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Danny H. Rogers said Monday that detectives with the Major Crimes Investigative Unit arrested Dylan Wayne Brown on November 24, 2025. The arrest follows an extensive investigation into the overdose death of 41-year-old Roger Lee Brown Jr., which occurred in April 2024.
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a home on Laurel Knoll Drive in Pleasant Garden on April 29, 2024, where the victim was pronounced dead by Guilford County Emergency Services. Following months of investigation, and with assistance from the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Guilford County District Attorney’s Office, detectives charged Brown with felony death by distribution.
Brown is being held at the Guilford County Detention Center in Greensboro on a $100,000 secured bond. His first court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
The investigation remains ongoing, and no further details have been released.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Detective J. Allen at 336-641-2799 or call Guilford County Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000.
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