Bear Lake man gets up to 40 years for delivering fentanyl in 2020 Manistee overdose death

UPDATE 11/13/23 3:00 p.m.

Derek Rosen of Bear Lake was sentenced to 8 to 40 years for providing fentanyl to a 30-year-old Manistee man who overdosed in April 2020.

Rosen pleaded guilty in September. He was charged alongside Brittany McClarty of Manistee, who pleaded guilty to Delivery of Fentanyl under 50 grams in March. McClarty was sentenced to 1 to 20 years in April.

“This sentence reflects the severity of the defendant’s role in exacerbating the scourge of the opioid epidemic,” said Attorney General Dana Nessel. “Fentanyl use and overdose is a tragedy that devastates families across the state and my office will continue to hold accountable, to the fullest extent of the law, those who push this poison in our communities.”

Michigan State Police say McClarty provided drugs obtained from Rosen to the victim. McClarty agreed in her plea deal to testify against Rosen, and did so at Rosen’s preliminary examination in March.

9/22/23 4:20 p.m.

Derek Rosen of Bear Lake has pleaded guilty to delivery causing death for providing fentanyl to a 30-year-old Manistee man who overdosed and died in April 2020.

Rosen was charged along with Brittany McClarty of Manistee, who pleaded guilty to delivery of fentanyl under 50 grams in March of this year. In her plea deal, McClarty agreed to testify against Rosen.

Rosen will be sentenced on Nov. 13, 2023.

2/16/23 2:30 p.m.

On the morning of April 6, 2020, troopers from the Michigan State Police Cadillac Post were dispatched to a vehicle parked on 28th Street in Manistee with an unresponsive person inside.

The person, a 30-year-old man from Manistee, was found deceased of an apparent drug overdose. A syringe was found in his hand and additional evidence was collected from inside the vehicle. An autopsy was performed, and the cause of death determined to be toxic effects of fentanyl and mitragynine.

A lengthy investigation followed, and an arrest warrant was issued for now 38-year-old Brittany Andre McClarty from Manistee on June 14, 2022. McClarty was arrested on Sept. 7, 2022, in West Monroe, Louisiana.

The MSP Seventh District Fugitive Team took custody of McClarty on Sept. 30, 2022, and took her back to Michigan.

An arrest warrant was issued for now 31-year-old Derek Robert Rosen from Bear Lake on Feb. 1, 2023. Rosen was informed of his charges while incarcerated in the Manistee County Jail on Feb. 5, 2023.

McClarty was arraigned on Dec. 19, 2022, in the 85th District Court in Manistee for one count Delivery of Controlled Substance Causing Death, and one count Delivery of Controlled Substance less than 50 grams. She has been bound over to circuit court and is in the Manistee County Jail.

Rosen was arraigned in the 85th District Court in Manistee for one count Delivery of Controlled Substance Causing Death, and one count Delivery of Controlled Substance less than 50 grams.