- April 22, 2024
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On Oct. 4, the State Attorney’s Office was granted an indictment from the Flagler County grand jury in connection with the death of Chelsea Price that occurred on Aug. 11, 2020. The jury found there was sufficient probable cause to believe that Michael McIntyre supplied the fentanyl to Price, which ultimately caused her death at age 33.
On Aug. 11, 2020, FCSO responded to a call about a death at a residence on Edmond Place. The Medical Examiner’s Office found that Chelsea Price had 10 times the amount of fentanyl necessary to kill an adult in her system. The investigation led detectives to McIntyre as the seller of the fentanyl.
McIntyre’s drug criminal history dates back to 2009.
“I want to thank the grand jury, the prosecutor, and all the detectives for their excellent work in obtaining this indictment,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “The poison sold to the victim by McIntyre wound up taking her life and the result was tragic. Let this be a reminder to drug dealers to keep your poison out of Flagler County and know that we investigate every overdose death as a murder! Kill someone selling your poison and you will join McIntyre and other poison peddlers in prison for a very long time.”
McIntyre was initially taken into custody by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Unit and Major Case Detectives during an undercover operation in Bunnell and has been in custody since that arrest in Feb. 2021. On Oct. 3, he was arrested and charged with the additional charge of first-degree murder by unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. He is being held at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility under no bond.
