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A former Deerfield man charged with the heroin overdose death of a Stoughton man in 2012 pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge.

Arion Moosavi, 26, who sold the heroin that killed Chase Newman, 26, on May 1 , 2012, pleaded guilty to delivery of heroin. A first-degree reckless homicide charge was dismissed but can be considered by Dane County Circuit Judge Nicholas McNamara when he sentences Moosavi in about two months.

There is no agreement between Assistant District Attorney Greg Venker and Assistant Public Defender Dennis Burke about a sentencing recommendation.

The heroin delivery conviction carries up to 12 ½ years of combined prison and extended supervision.

According to a criminal complaint, police saw that the last text message on Newman’s phone was from “Ari,” and indicated that he was outside. Police later identified him as Moosavi.