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Gainesville man sentenced after dealing drugs, including those that killed his childhood friend

Joshua Maney appears in Hall County Superior Court Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, for a plea hearing on charges of trafficking fentanyl. - photo by Scott Rogers

02202025 MANEY 2.jpg — Joshua Maney appears in Hall County Superior Court Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, for a plea hearing on charges of trafficking fentanyl. - photo by Scott Rogers

Michael James Moore, 33, died the day after Thanksgiving 2021 in what law enforcement later determined to be a fentanyl overdose. The counterfeit Percocet pills were sold by his childhood friend, Joshua Maney, authorities said.