El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en agosto 5, 2022, Dandre Tubbs, 34, de Mánchester, was sentenced by the Honorable Lisa A. Puglisi, J.S.C., a siete años en la prisión estatal de Nueva Jersey (NJSP) as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to Manslaughter in violation of NJSA. 2C:11-4b, in connection with the death of a 35 year-old male in Manchester on August 16, 2021. Esta sentencia estará sujeta a los términos de la Ley de No Liberación Temprana., NJSA. 2C:43-7.2, meaning that Tubbs will be required to serve at least 85 por ciento de su sentencia de prisión antes de que pueda ser considerado para la elegibilidad para la libertad condicional. Judge Puglisi also sentenced Tubbs to seven years NJSP as a result of his guilty plea to Distribution of Fentanyl in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-5a(1) y NJSA. 2C:35-5b(5), in connection with the same incident. Además, Judge Puglisi sentenced Tubbs to four years NJSP as a result of his guilty plea to an unrelated charge of Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-5a(1) y NJSA. 2C:35-5b(5). Las oraciones se ejecutarán simultáneamente.. Tubbs pled guilty to all charges before Judge Puglisi on June 13, 2022.
En Agosto 16, 2021, Officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to a residence for a report of an unresponsive 35 hombre de un año. A la llegada, the Officers discovered that the male was already deceased from an apparent drug overdose.
A subsequent investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit and Manchester Township Police Department Detective Bureau determined that Tubbs supplied fentanyl to the victim on August 15, 2021. A toxicology report confirmed the presence of fentanyl in the victim’s system. Based upon this toxicology analysis, the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the fentanyl found in the victim’s system were the cause of his death.
En Agosto 19, 2021, Tubbs was arrested by Officers of the Manchester Township Police Department during a motor vehicle stop. He has been lodged in the Ocean County Jail since the date of his arrest.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the diligent efforts of Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Kristin Pressman and Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Veni who handled the case on behalf of the State, así como la Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Fuerza de ataque antinarcóticos de la oficina del fiscal del condado de Ocean, Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Unidad de Defensa de Víctimas y Testigos de la Fiscalía del Condado de Ocean, Oficina de detectives del Departamento de Policía del municipio de Manchester, Equipo de Control de Narcóticos del Departamento de Policía del Municipio de Manchester, Manchester Township Police Department K-9 Unit, División de Patrulla del Departamento de Policía del Municipio de Manchester, Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, y la Oficina del Médico Forense del Condado de Ocean, for their combined and collaborative efforts in connection with this investigation, leading to Tubbs’ guilty pleas and now his state prison sentence.