Norwalk Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty Following OD Death

NORWALK, CT — A Norwalk man pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin after an investigation into a fatal Bridgeport overdose.

A 25-year-old woman was found dead on June 29, 2016 from a heroin overdose, according to the U.S. Attorney District of Connecticut office.

The victim's boyfriend had purchased heroin from Richard Piske, 34, of Norwalk a day earlier, according to the U.S. Attorney office. The boyfriend and girlfriend used the heroin and the boyfriend passed out. He awoke to his dead girlfriend.

The woman died from acute heroin, cocaine and alcohol intoxication.

Piske was arrested on Sept. 29, 2016. He faces a maximum prison term of 20 years when sentenced in November.