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South Jersey Drug Dealer Sentenced In Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: Prosecutor South Jersey Drug Dealer Sentenced In Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: Prosecutor
South Jersey Drug Dealer Sentenced In Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: Prosecutor An Atlantic City drug dealer has been sentenced to seven years in New Jersey state prison for causing the death of a 37-year-old woman who fatally overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin, authorities said. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Kahlil Carpenter, 31, pleaded guilty last month to strict liability for drug-induced death in exchange for the prison term.  “Fentanyl has destroyed so many families and devastated several of our communities,” Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said. “We must take extraordinary measures to offer protection…

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by Jon Craig
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Atlantic City Drug Dealer Sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To 37-Year-Old OD Victim, Prosecutor Says Atlantic City Drug Dealer Sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To 37-Year-Old OD Victim, Prosecutor Says
Atlantic City Drug Dealer Sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To 37-Year-Old OD Victim, Prosecutor Says An Atlantic City drug dealer was charged in a 2019 overdose death of a 37-year-old victim from Burlington County, authorities announced. Holly Morris met Kahlil Carpenter, 30, in Lumberton Township the day before her death to buy the drugs, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Officers on Dec. 14, 2019, found Morris dead in a bed inside her Inverness Circle home in Evesham Township, Coffina said. An autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood determined she died from fentanyl toxicity, with levels in her system…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Burlington Prosecutor: Atlantic City Drug Dealer Charged In Fatal Overdose Burlington Prosecutor: Atlantic City Drug Dealer Charged In Fatal Overdose
Burlington Prosecutor: Atlantic City Drug Dealer Charged In Fatal Overdose A 30-year-old Atlantic City man has been arrested for selling drugs that resulted in a fatal overdose, authorities said. Kahlil Carpenter, 30, of the 1800 block of Marmora Avenue, was charged with first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death and other drug-related charges, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Evesham Township Police Chief Christopher Chew. A 37-year-old woman suffered a fatal overdose in Evesham Township last year on fentanyl-laced heroin she bought from Carpenter the day before she died, Coffina and Chew said. Carpenter was served with …

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by Jon Craig