Bloomfield man charged in fatal overdose at Lyndhurst motel last fall

A Bloomfield man was arrested Friday and charged with providing a fatal dose of narcotics to a Jersey City man who died in a Lyndhurst motel in November, officials announced.

A months-long investigation was conducted by the Lyndhurst Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office stemming from an incident on Nov. 11, 2023, in which 54-year-old Luke Revell was found unresponsive at the Winslow Motor Hotel on Rutherford Avenue in Lyndhurst.

Revell was pronounced dead, and indications of a possible drug overdose led to the involvement of the prosecutor's Narcotic Task Force.

Alberto Delgado, 43, was arrested Friday in Bloomingdale for allegedly distributing the narcotics that caused the drug-related death, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

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Delgado is being charged with first-degree strict liability in a drug-induced death, first-degree possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, second-degree possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance within 500 feet of a park, third-degree possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance within 1,000 feet of a school zone, third-degree distribution of cocaine and fentanyl, and third-degree possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl.

The Bloomfield man will be held at the Bergen County Jail pending his first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of acting Chief Matthew Finck and the Lyndhurst Police Department under Chief Richard Jarvis assisted in the investigation.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Bloomfield NJ man charged in fatal overdose at Lyndhurst motel