A PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP NEW JERSEY DRUG DEALER HAS BEEN INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FATAL OVERDOSE OF A 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
" Antoine Crawley, 35, Of Pemberton, New Jersey, Indicted On Charges of Strict Liability For Drug Induced Death For The Fatal Drug Overdose Of A 27-Year-Old Pemberton Customer."
July 31, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, NJ.- On Friday, July 30, 2021 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Burlington County has returned an indictment against a Pemberton Township Drug Dealer for causing the death of a Pemberton Township woman who Fatally Overdosed two years ago on Fentanyl she purchased from him.
A Grand Jury Charged Antoine Crawley, 35, from the Sunbury Village section of the Township, 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 Thursday, June 24, 2021 and signed by Prosecutor Coffina. Crawley pled not guilty during an arraignment in Superior Court earlier this week. He is presently lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, New Jersey and awaiting trial.
Crawley’s co-defendant, Danielle Knight, 42, of Wrightstown, New Jersey has pled guilty to First Degree Strict Liability for Drug-Induced Death and is awaiting sentencing. She has been released on her own recognizance.
The investigation began on August 19, 2019, after Brittney Wallace, 27, was found unconscious and unresponsive by her parents in the bathroom at the family’s residence. She was taken to Capital Health at Deborah – Emergency Services, where she was later pronounced dead.
An autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood determined that Wallace died of Fentanyl Toxicity. The fentanyl level in her system was more than five times the lethal dose. The investigation revealed that Knight instructed Crawley to deliver drugs to Wallace at her residence.
Crawley was also indicted last month in a separate case with two co-defendants on drug possession charges stemming from an incident where an officer found heroin and cocaine in their vehicle during a traffic stop early last year in New Hanover Township, New Jersey.
Crawley and Knight are being prosecuted by Assistant Prosecutor Jeremy Lackey. The case was investigated by detectives from the Pemberton Township Police Department, with assistance from the Prosecutor’s Office Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force and K-9 Officer Ringo from the Burlington County Sheriff’s Department. The lead investigator is Pemberton Township Detective Joshua Danka.
" 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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