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Fentanyl Overdose
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Trenton Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced In Jersey Shore Man's Overdose Death: Prosecutors
A Trenton man will spend several years in prison for his role in an Ocean County man's fentanyl overdose death, authorities said. Ryan Thompson, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 14 to seven years in state prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced in a news release. He must serve nearly six years before he can be eligible for parole under the No Early Release Act. Thompson pleaded guilty on Monday, Mar. 4 to manslaughter in the death of a 55-year-old man in Berkeley Township. Police responded to a report of an unresponsive man in a home on Torrey Pines …
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Trenton Man Pleads Guilty In Fentanyl Overdose Death Of Jersey Shore Man
A Trenton man admitted to his role in the overdose death of a man in Ocean County, authorities said. Ryan Thompson, 35, pleaded guilty on Monday, Mar. 4 to manslaughter, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced in a news release on Wednesday, Mar. 6. He was charged in the death of a 55-year-old man in Berkeley Township. Police responded to a report of an unresponsive man in a home on Torrey Pines Drive on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. When officers arrived, they found the man already dead from what the Ocean County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed was a fentanyl overdose. I…
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Mom Sentenced In Toddler's Fentanyl Overdose Death On Jersey Shore
An Ocean County mother has been sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison for the fentanyl overdose death of her two-year-old son, authorities said. Natalie Sabie, 35, of Lacey Township was sentenced as a result of her previously entered guilty plea to aggravated manslaughter in connection with the death of her son on Sept. 7, 2022, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Officers from the Lacey Township Police Department were summoned to a residence for a report of a child found to be unresponsive by his mother. Responding Officers a…
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Fentanyl-Formula Elixir That Killed Infant Lands Parents In Prison
The Maryland mom who accidentally contaminated her baby's bottle with fentanyl leading to his death will be joining her husband behind bars. Heather Marie Frazier, 35, of Mount Airy, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all but five years suspended after pleading guilty over the summer to involuntary manslaughter, according to the Frederick County State's Attorney Charlie Smith's Office. She will also serve five years of supervised probation upon her release. Her husband, Jeremy Whitney Frazier, 35, also pleaded guilty in March to the same offense and received the same sentence. On Ju…
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Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say
Yet another post by someone claiming she suffered a fentanyl overdose simply by picking up a dollar bill has triggered a viral panic, and once again those who know better are left shaking their heads. “It's not possible to overdose on fentanyl by touching it,” said Dr. Andrew Stolbach, an emergency physician and medical toxicologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. “If it was absorbed well through the skin, people wouldn’t inject it and snort it in order to get high.” Higher doses and several hours of time are required for an actual user to overdose on the deadly synthetic opioid, Dr…
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Boy Who OD'd On Bus Had Been Cleaning Uncle's Fentanyl Paraphernalia: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old man from Camden County has been arrested for causing the fentanyl-overdose death of his 12-year-old nephew, authorities said. The boy had been directed by Troy Nokes, 35, of Blackwood, to clean fentanyl paraphernalia before he passed out on a school bus on Jan. 24, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Gloucester Twp. Police Chief David Harkins. Life-saving measures were performed by the school nurse until EMS arrived and took the child to the hospital. He died of his injuries eight days later. The child lived at a home in Blackwood, where Nok…
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Authorities: South Jersey Drug Dealer Caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Of Riverside Man, 38
A 27-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested in connection with the 2018 fatal fentanyl overdose of a customer from Riverside Township, authorities said. David Bender of the Hunters Glen apartment complex on Route 130 in Delran has been charged with strict liability for a drug-induced death and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina, Delran Township Police Chief Alfonso A. Parente Jr., and Riverside Police Chief William T. Eliason. Bender was taken into custody on Thursday by Delran Township police o…
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