Supplier of drugs that caused 51 overdoses within 48 hours gets 25 years
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
WILLIAMSPORT-A man deemed responsible for drugs that caused 51 overdoses in a 48-hour period in the Williamsport area in June 2017 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann Friday cited the strain the rash of overdoses put on first responders and police when he sentenced Raymond Howard, 46, of Williamsport.
The city of Williamsport was devastated by the overdoses caused by drugs he supplied, the judge said. There were three confirmed drug deaths in late June 2017 but none of four suspects charged in the conspiracy was charged in the deaths.