PEMBERTON NEW JERSEY DRUG DEALER RECEIVES 25 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE IN CONNECTION TO THE FATAL OVERDOSE OF HIS CUSTOMER
" Bryant Taylor Was Sentenced On Monday, October 25, 2021 For Selling Fentanyl Laced Heroin That Caused The Death Of A 26-Year-Old Pemberton Township Man."
October 27, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
MOUNT HOLLY, NJ.- On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Pemberton Township Drug Dealer was Sentenced on Monday, October 25, 2021 to Twenty-Five Years in New Jersey State Prison for causing the Death of a customer who bought Fentanyl-Laced Heroin from him in 2017.
The sentence was handed down to Bryant Taylor, 42, of Pemberton, New Jersey by The Honorable Gerard H. Breland, J.S.C. Mr. Taylor must serve Eighty-Five Percent of the term before becoming eligible for parole.
“In addition to basing this significant sentence on finding the defendant to be a persistent offender, we are gratified the Court emphasized the need for deterrence in the midst of the ongoing drug addiction crisis,” Prosecutor Coffina said. “Fentanyl is a deadly poison, responsible for the majority of the nearly 100,000 overdose deaths in our country last year. Dealing fentanyl demonstrates extreme recklessness, and a resulting death is entirely foreseeable. This sentence should reinforce the message to dealers that they will pay a steep price in Burlington County if their drugs kill the person they are selling it to.”
A Burlington County Superior Court Jury convicted Mr. Taylor in August on charges of 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.
In addition to the Twenty-Five Year term on the Drug-Induced Death Charge, The Court also sentenced Taylor to Consecutive Five-Year sentences for the Drug Distribution and Witness Tampering Offenses. The sentences will run consecutively, bringing the total period of incarceration to Thirty-Five Years.
The investigation began June 18, 2017, after Members of The Pemberton Township Police Department were called to the Wawa convenience store on Arneys Mount Road for a report of an unresponsive male on the men’s bathroom floor. Shane Cullens, 26, of Pemberton Township, New Jersey was rushed to a hospital and succumbed to the overdose two days later without ever regaining consciousness.
Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood concluded the cause of Death was Heroin and Fentanyl Toxicity. The investigation determined the drugs that caused the fatal overdose had been purchased from Mr. Taylor.
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