PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP DRUG DEALER CONVICTED ON ALL EIGHT COUNTS INCLUDING CAUSING THE FATAL OVERDOSE OF ONE OF HIS CUSTOMERS
" Burlington County Jury Convicts Bryant Taylor On Drug Distribution & Strict Liability For Drug Induced Death In Connection With The Overdose Death Of Shane Cullens."
August 6, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
Mount Holly, NJ.- On Thursday, August 5, 2021 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Jury found a Pemberton Township, New Jersey Drug Dealer Guilty today of causing the death of a customer to whom he sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin in 2017.
After deliberating for approximately 10 hours over three days, The Jury convicted Bryant Taylor, 42,of Pemberton Township on all eight counts of the indictment, including First Degree Strict Liability for Drug-Induced Death, Two Counts of Third Degree Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance, Two Counts of Third Degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance, Two Counts of Third Degree Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with Intent to Distribute and Third Degree Witness Tampering.
The investigation began June 18, 2017, after Members of The Pemberton Township Police Department were called to the WaWa store on Arneys' Mount Road for a report of an unresponsive male on the men’s bathroom floor. The man, 26-year-old Shane Cullens of Pemberton Township, New Jersey died two days later in the hospital without ever regaining consciousness.
Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood concluded the cause of death was heroin and fentanyl toxicity. The investigation determined that the drugs that caused the fatal overdose had been purchased from Taylor.
The Honorable Gerard H. Breland, J.S.C. who presided over the trial has scheduled sentencing for October 28, 2021.
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