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Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Lands Woman Felony Charges: Lower Paxton Police Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Lands Woman Felony Charges: Lower Paxton Police
Erica Coble, 44, Harrisburg, Charged for Deadly Overdose A Harrisburg woman has been charged with drug delivery resulting in death after police say she provided fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose in Lower Paxton Township. Erica Lynn Coble, 44, was taken into custody by Lower Paxton police on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, and is facing multiple felony charges related to the case. The investigation began when Lower Paxton Bureau of Police officers were called to the 6000 block of Linglestown Road for a reported overdose on Friday, March 17, 2023. Arriving officers found the victim dead. The coroner later determined the primary cause of death was fen…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fatal Overdose Lands PA State Prison Drug Dealer More Jail Time: DA Fatal Overdose Lands PA State Prison Drug Dealer More Jail Time: DA
Fatal Overdose Lands PA State Prison Drug Dealer More Jail Time: DA An already incarcerated 31-year-old man was sentenced to more prison time after pleading guilty to the overdose-related death of another inmate, the Buck County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Allen Rhoades, 31, of Doylestown, was sentenced to seven to 20 years in prison for providing the drugs that led to the death of Joshua Patterson, 22, of Philadelphia, while both men were serving time on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, the DA's Office detailed in a release. Patterson was pronounced dead days after he was found unresponsive and not breathing in his cell on Monday, Aug. …

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by Merriell Moyer
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PA Woman Pleads Guilty To Delivering Deadly Dose Of Fentanyl: Prosecutors PA Woman Pleads Guilty To Delivering Deadly Dose Of Fentanyl: Prosecutors
PA Woman Pleads Guilty To Delivering Deadly Dose Of Fentanyl: Prosecutors A Harleysville woman was convicted of bringing a 56-year-old the dose of fentanyl that killed them nearly two years ago.  Valerie Benatti, 29, pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death on Wednesday, May 1, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office.  Authorities said they were called to a home on the 100 block of Slackwater Road in Conestoga Township for a suspected overdose on Aug. 20, 2022. An autopsy later revealed the victim died from acute fentanyl toxicity, the DA's Office said.  Witnesses later told police that Benatti pr…

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by Mac Bullock
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Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege
Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege A Pennsylvania parole violator is accused of giving a man enough fentanyl to cause the deaths of 30 adults, police said. Tyler Michael Singer, 27 of North Locust Street, Palmyra has been arrested in connection with the July 2022 death of a 26-year-old Gregory "Greg" Ristenbatt, Palmrya police said. Ristenbatt was found dead from a drug overdose in the 200 block of College Street, Palmyra at 12:16 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2022.  Originally it was said that Greg "passed away unexpectedly after a long, brave battle with addiction," as stated in his obituary but it is now known that he had …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drug Dealer Who Gave PA Teen Toxic Elixir Learns His Fate Drug Dealer Who Gave PA Teen Toxic Elixir Learns His Fate
Drug Dealer Who Gave PA Teen Toxic Elixir Learns His Fate A 19-year-old girl went into cardiac arrest after ingesting what she thought was percocet, but it was really laced with fentanyl— now the man who knowingly gave her the deadly dose of drugs has learned his fate, the Lancaster County District Attorney announced on Wednesday, Oct. 26.  Noel Jerome Thompson, 22, of the 400 block of Dohner Drive in Lancaster, is heading to prison for the next 5 to 10 years after a negotiated plea deal of charges of felony counts of drug delivery resulting in death and criminal conspiracy filed before Lancaster County Judge Jeffrey Conrad on Friday, Oct…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA BF Didn't Want To 'Waste Narcan' On Pregnant Girlfriend Who OD'd On V-Tine's Day: DA PA BF Didn't Want To 'Waste Narcan' On Pregnant Girlfriend Who OD'd On V-Tine's Day: DA
PA BF Didn't Want To 'Waste Narcan' On Pregnant Girlfriend Who OD'd On V-Tine's Day: DA A Pennsylvania man who gave his pregnant girlfriend the drugs that killed her also refused to save her, authorities said in announcing his arrest. It was Valentine's Day 2022 when Christopher Barbuto, 40, gave 28-year-old Courtney Wilson heroin and/or fentanyl, and two suspected Xanax pills, which were found in her purse near her body in Phonoexville, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Barbuto is also accused of giving Wilson alprazolam and methamphetamine, Ryan said. A toxicology report released by the Chester County Coroner's Office on Tuesday, Aug. 16 found that she die…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Central PA Drug Dealer Nabbed For Fentanyl Death: DA Central PA Drug Dealer Nabbed For Fentanyl Death: DA
Central PA Drug Dealer Nabbed For Fentanyl Death: DA A 24-year-old drug dealer has been arrested in connection with a fentanyl drug delivery resulting in death, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office.  Daniel Fernando Pineda, of the 200 block of North Plum Street, Lancaster was apprehended on Thursday, July 21, after a warranted search and seizure of his cellphone tied him to the victim, authorities say.  The Lancaster City Bureau of Police had been called to a report of an unconscious male to a home in the 800 block of North Shippen Street around 5 p.m. on April 7, according to the DA's release. The man's acc…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Central PA Man Nabbed For Drug Delivery Resulting In Death: Police Central PA Man Nabbed For Drug Delivery Resulting In Death: Police
Central PA Man Nabbed For Drug Delivery Resulting In Death: Police A man who delivered drugs that fatally killed someone in central Pennsylvania has been arrested, police say. Eric Mathew Garvey, 26, of Carlisle, was arrested in connection with the deadly drug delivery at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 20, Middlesex Township police say. He was charged with two felonies for Drug Delivery Resulting in Death and Involuntary Manslaughter, as well as a misdemeanor Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver. The death reportedly happened in the township but the police declined to release the victim's identity or when it happened. Garvey has been relea…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drug Dealer Told PA Victim She Had 'Real D Not Fetty' Before She OD'd In Hotel And Died: DA Drug Dealer Told PA Victim She Had 'Real D Not Fetty' Before She OD'd In Hotel And Died: DA
Drug Dealer Told PA Victim She Had 'Real D Not Fetty' Before She OD'd In Hotel And Died: DA A drug dealer who will spend at least four years in state prison told her Pennsylvania customer that she was selling “real d not fetty” hours before the victim overdosed in a hotel room bathroom, authorities said. Tasha L. Vargas, 35 of Lancaster, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of drug delivery resulting in death following the fatal January 2021 overdose of a 30-year-old woman at Budget Host Inn in East Lampeter Township, according to a Thursday release from the District Attorney’s Office. Vargas was seen on surveillance footage meeting up with the victim at the hotel for a drug transact…

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by Valerie Musson
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PA Man Who Strangled GF, Gave Victim Deadly Drug Combo Gets 55 Years PA Man Who Strangled GF, Gave Victim Deadly Drug Combo Gets 55 Years
PA Man Who Strangled GF, Gave Victim Deadly Drug Combo Gets 55 Years A Lancaster County man has been sentenced for third-degree murder and drug delivery resulting in death for two separate incidents both occurring in 2020, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. Matthew J. Moser, 32, was sentenced by Lancaster County President Judge David Ashworth last week after pleading guilty to crimes resulting in the death of a man and a woman about a month apart, according to the district attorney. Moser was sentenced to 20 to 40 years on the third-degree murder charge and six to 15 years on the drug delivery resulting in death charge…

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by Jillian Pikora