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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…

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South Jersey Man Admits Selling Fatal Dose Of Heroin/Fentanyl: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Admits Selling Fatal Dose Of Heroin/Fentanyl: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Admits Selling Fatal Dose Of Heroin/Fentanyl: Prosecutor A 56-year-old man from South Jersey has admitted to selling a fatal dose of heroin and fentanyl to a 59-year-old man, authorities said. Brian Whitted of Galloway Township pleaded guilty to strict liability for a drug related death and narcotics charges in connection to the 2018 fatal overdose of 59-year-old Anthony Tamburelli, according to Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill. Whitted also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin with co-defendant Emery Chapman, and possession with intent to distribute heroin, Shill said. Sentencing is on April 28. On Dec. 17, 2018, …

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