Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To Woman In Fatal Overdose: BCPO

An alleged drug dealer has been charged with selling fentanyl-laced heroin to a woman who subsequently died of an overdose on the drug, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced.

Terrance D. Walker, 37 of Pemberton, has been charged in the death of 21-year-old Tessa McCullough, who overdosed in her Pemberton home in May, authorities said. She was taken to a hospital in Mount Holly, where she was pronounced dead, according to authorities. Detectives said they traced the drug that killed her back to Walker.

Walker was arrested at a motel in Maple Shade by the Burlington County Sheriff’s Department Warrant Unit, the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Pemberton Township Police Department on Wednesday.

He has been charged with first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death, third-degree distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance and third-degree intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance.

A detention hearing for Walker will be held in Superior Court in Mount Holly. The case will then be prepared for presentation to a Burlington County Grand Jury for possible indictment. The case was investigated by the Pemberton Township Police Department, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office’s Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force and the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office’s High-Tech Crimes Unit, with assistance from the Mount Holly Township Police Department. Walker will be prosecuted by Assistant Prosecutor Jeremy Lackey.