Light Rain 53°
Tag:

Assistant Prosecutor Laura Heisman

Police & Fire
Drug Dealer Gets 12 Years In State Prison For Selling Fatal Heroin/Fentanyl Dose: Prosecutor Drug Dealer Gets 12 Years In State Prison For Selling Fatal Heroin/Fentanyl Dose: Prosecutor
Drug Dealer Gets 12 Years In State Prison For Selling Fatal Heroin/Fentanyl Dose: Prosecutor A drug dealer from Burlington County has been sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey state prison for causing the death of a customer to whom she sold fentanyl-laced heroin, authorities said. Shannon McGuigan, 36, of Pemberton Township must serve 85 percent of the term before becoming eligible for parole under the sentence handed down Friday, April 29 in Superior Court in Mount Holly, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. McGuigan was found guilty in March of strict liability for a drug-induced death and several other drug charges, Coffina said. In a separate case, McG…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Drug Dealer Caused South Jersey Woman's Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Death: Prosecutor Drug Dealer Caused South Jersey Woman's Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Death: Prosecutor
Drug Dealer Caused South Jersey Woman's Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Death: Prosecutor A 36-year-old woman from Burlington County has been found guilty of selling a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to another woman, authorities said. A jury convicted Shannon McGuigan of Pemberton Township of strict liability for drug-induced death as well as drug possession and distribution charges, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Sentencing is set for April 29, Coffina said on Wednesday, March 16. McGuigan was being held in Burlington County Jail.  An investigation began on May 30, 2017, after the overdose victim, 25, was discovered in her Pemberton Tow…

SHARE

by Jon Craig