ATLANTIC CITY DRUG DEALER INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH FATAL OVERDOSE IN BURLINGTON COUNTY
" Kahlil Carpenter Of Atlantic City, New Jersey Indicted On The Charge Of Strict Liability For Drug Induced Death Of A 37-Year-Old Evesham Township Woman."
July 30, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
MOUNT HOLLY, NJ.- On Thursday, July 29, 2021 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Burlington County has returned an Indictment against an Atlantic City Drug Dealer for the death of a 37-year-old woman who fatally overdosed two years ago in Evesham Township on fentanyl-laced heroin he sold to her the day before she died.
The Grand Jury charged Kahlil Carpenter, 30 of Atlantic City, New Jersey with First Degree Strict Liability for Drug-Induced Death; Third Degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance; Third Degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with Intent to Distribute; and Third Degree Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance.
The indictment was returned on Friday, July 16, 2021, and was signed by Prosecutor Coffina. An arraignment will be held soon in Superior Court. Carpenter is presently lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, New Jersey.
The investigation began on December 14, 2019, after Members of The Evesham Township Police Department responded to Inverness Circle for a report of an unconscious and unresponsive female. Upon arrival, Police Officers entered the home and found the decedent, Holly Morris, in her bed.
An autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood determined she died from Fentanyl Toxicity, with levels in her system five times greater than the amount necessary to cause death.
The investigation determined that Ms. Morris had met Mr. Carpenter in Lumberton Township the previous day to purchase the drugs.
The case was presented to the grand jury by Assistant Prosecutor Michael Angermeier, supervisor of the BCPO Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force. The case was investigated by the Evesham Township Police Department.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
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