AKRON, Ohio -- An Akron man is accused of selling heroin that caused 27 people to overdose in Huntington, West Virginia in a five-hour span.

Bruce Griggs, 22, was charged in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of West Virginia.

Griggs was arrested Thursday in Tallmadge, according to prosecutors.

Federal agents and Huntington police linked Griggs to the Aug. 15 overdoses by interviewing people who survived overdoses and with surveillance video that showed Griggs selling the drugs, according to a federal arrest affidavit.

Several people who survived the overdoses said Griggs went by the name Ben or Benz. Some picked his photo out of a lineup.

Police and first responders revived some of the people who overdosed with Narcan, which reverses the affects of a heroin overdose, according to the affidavit.

Griggs has one felony conviction in 2013 for possessing crack cocaine in Summit County. He was sentenced to 18 months on probation.

Two other felony cases against Griggs were rejected by a county grand jury.

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