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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 …
Levittown Man Charged With Woman's Fatal Overdose, DA Says
A Levittown man is charged with a woman's fatal overdose in 2021, and prosecutors say he took more drugs before calling for help on her behalf.
Steven Yard, 31, is charged with drug delivery resulting in death, involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and related offenses for the death of 39-year-old Mary Coyle, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement.
Officials say that on Nov. 16, 2021, Falls Township police were called to a Yardley Avenue home at 11:15 p.m. They arrived to find Coyle dead and Yard "actively overdosing" on the floor next to…
Bucks Husband Sentenced To Prison For Giving Wife Fatal Fentanyl Dose: DA
The Bucks County husband who supplied his wife with a deadly dose of fentanyl will spend four to eight years in prison, a judge has ruled.
Ryan Shields, 40, of Fairless Hills, pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death after his wife Amanda Shields fatally overdosed on fentanyl in August 2020, said the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in a statement Tuesday, Nov. 29.
According to investigators, the fentanyl was pressed into a pill the same size, shape, and color of a 30mg Percocet.
Police say Shields obtained 10 of the pills from his supplier, Patric Hish, who in turn re…
Philly Man Sentenced For Selling Fentanyl-Laced Drugs To ChesCo Overdose Victim
A Philadelphia man was sentenced to decades in prison for selling fentanyl-laced drugs to a Chester County man, which resulted in his overdose, authorities announced Friday.
Jamal Keys, 43, will face 18 to 36 years behind bars for the March 2019 heroin overdose death of a 34-year-old man in Paoli, according to Chester County District Attorney's Office.
Keys was found guilty by a jury in July 2021 of drug delivery resulting in death, possession with intent to deliver, criminal conspiracy, and criminal use of a communication facility.
On April 1, 2019, Willistown police officers were called …
