Wallingford Man Sentenced In Connection To Fatal Overdose

WALLINGFORD, CT — A Wallingford man has been sentenced to two years in prison for distributing drugs that were used in the overdose death of a 38-year-old man in late 2017 in Wallingford. Timothy Estridge, 38, was also sentenced Friday to four years of supervised release following the prison term, U.S. States Attorney for Connecticut John H. Durham announced. The matter stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.

Wallingford Police and emergency medical personnel responded to a Wallingford residence on Dec. 16, 2017 after a 911 call reported the untimely death of a 38-year-old man, according to authorities.

“The caller who reported the death did not leave contact information and was not on scene when responders arrived,” officials wrote in a press release from U.S. States Attorney’s Office. “The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. At the residence, investigators seized evidence of illicit drug use, including a small plastic baggy containing approximately eight suspected oxycodone pills, a glass dish with white powder residue, a broken credit card, pieces of wax folds commonly used as heroin packaging, a used plastic syringe, and prescription pill bottles.

“One of the pill bottles recovered was an empty bottle, in Estridge’s name, for 30 10-milligram Adderall pills.”

The State of Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner determined the victim’s cause of death to be intoxication of a combination of heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, alprazolam, amphetamine, and ethanol.

The investigation revealed that, on Dec. 1, 2017, Estridge filled a prescription for Adderall, which contains amphetamine, and subsequently distributed the pills to the victim, according to authorities.

Authorities also said that Estridge possessed and distributed heroin and amphetamines on multiple occasions between July and December 2017.

Estridge was arrested on April 3, 2018, and pleaded guilty last October to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, amphetamine. He has been detained since Oct. 6, 2018.