An Akron man was sentenced to seven years in prison for selling heroin to a woman who died from taking it.

Trevon Thomas, 20, of Sumner Street, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and with aggravated trafficking in drugs--both felonies--in his role for the death of Carissa Ewing, 28.

He pled guilty to the charges.

On November 2014, Ewing, was found unresponsive in her home by her mother. It was determined that heroin and fentanyl was in her system.

Investigators contacted Thomas acting as Ewing wanting more drugs and arrested Thomas when he arrived.