Barnegat man pleads guilty to manslaughter in fentanyl overdose
TOMS RIVER - A Barnegat man pleaded guilty to manslaughter Friday, admitting that he supplied heroin and fentanyl to a woman in Point Pleasant who later died from an overdose, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced.
Curtis Geathers, 37, of Barnegat, is expected to be sentenced to four years in state prison and will be subject to the state’s No Early Release Act for his crime when he next appears before state Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski on July 22, the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.
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A plea agreement with the defendant was reached with the approval of the victim’s family, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
The victim — whose name was not released by authorities — died on Jan. 12, 2019, at Ocean University Medical Center in Brick.
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Geathers also pleaded guilty to an unrelated charge of fentanyl possession with intent to distribute, for which the Prosecutor’s Office said it will recommend a concurrent sentence of five years in state prison.
He has been in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River since his arrest on Feb. 7, 2019.
Senior Assistant Prosecutor Ashley Angelo supervised the case for the state of New Jersey.
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