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Man gets 15 years prison time in drug case that left friend dead
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Joseph Patterson
In a poem about her son’s death, Lisa Hicks did not mince words. Joseph Patterson was “betrayed by a friend who was no friend” and was “provided the poison” by Casey Trichel, she said. Trichel, 25, of Winder, pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl and involuntary manslaughter Monday morning in Hall County Superior Court.