Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a man accused of murdering a Florida police officer.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Two Jacksonville men are accused of first-degree murder in connection with two fentanyl overdose deaths in St. Johns County, State Attorney R.J. Larizza announced Thursday. Larizza said overdose deaths continue to be an issue in the Seventh Circuit which covers Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia counties. In July, St. Johns County resident Oscar Novo was accused of selling fentanyl that led to a man’s overdose death in 2017. In Jacksonville, Deonte Wadley was charged in March with murder in the August 2018 overdose death of Timothy Sexton. St. Johns County Sherrif David Shoar called the ongoing opioid epidemic another chapter in an evolving human tragedy.