It s part of the epidemic that s wreaked havoc on the Jersey Shore community for years now, with heroin being of particular concern.
Law enforcement continues cracking down on this heinous activity and putting together programs for those sho need help.
A Long Branch man is heading to prison for six-years though as he has plead guilty to the first degree crime of strict liability for drug induced death in February of 2020 in Tinton Falls, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni.
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Lateef Reevey, 31, of Long Branch, was sentenced by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Lourdes Lucas to prison subject to the No Early Release Act and Pursuant to N.E.R.A., he will be required to serve 85% of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole.
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A man from Monmouth County has admitted to selling a fatal dose of heroin to a 25-year-old woman from Morris County, killing her, authorities said.
Lateef Reevey, 31, of Long Branch, pleaded guilty on Thursday to first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
The charges stem from an overdose death that took place last February in Tinton Falls, Gramiccioni said.
Lucy Yardley, 25, of Flanders died on Feb. 21.
Reevey admitted that he provided Yardley with the heroin stamped “Eternity” and that the heroin/fentanyl mixture caused her death, the prosecutor said.
Im New Jersey, a person who distributes a Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) is strictly liable for a death which results from the injection, inhalation or ingestion of that substance, Gramiccioni said.