Keyport Man Sold Drugs That Killed Aberdeen, Old Bridge Residents

KEYPORT, NJ — A man from Keyport pleaded guilty Friday to supplying the fentanyl and heroin that caused an Aberdeen man and an Old Bridge woman to fatally overdose in August of last year.

Terrill Spann, 30, of Keyport, who the New Jersey Attorney General's Office described as a drug dealer, pleaded guilty to two counts of liability for a drug-induced death.

In pleading guilty, Spann admitted that he supplied the drugs that killed Wayne Cameron Jr., 29, of Aberdeen and Gabriella Guidetti, 26, of Old Bridge. Cameron was found dead in his bedroom on Aug. 3, 2017 from an overdose of fentanyl and heroin. Guidetti was found dead in her bedroom on Aug. 19, 2017 from an overdose of fentanyl.

In each case, detectives determined that Spann was the drug dealer who supplied the victims with the lethal opioids shortly before their deaths.

Fentanyl is one of the deadliest opioids, with a potency that is 50 times greater than heroin. It frequently is mixed with heroin, yielding doses of unpredictable and often lethal strength.

Deaths involving fentanyl have increased tenfold over the past four years in New Jersey, with 1,379 fatal overdoses involving the synthetic opioid reported in 2017, according to preliminary data.

New Jersey is unique in that all prosecutors in the state have been directed by Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to investigate all overdose deaths with a view to potentially charge the drug dealers responsible. This is part of a strict crackdown on the scourge of heroin and fentanyl in New Jersey.

“Spann was dealing heroin laced with fentanyl, a dangerous mix that is killing far too many people in New Jersey,” said Attorney General Grewal. “We are sending a message through these prosecutions that drug dealers who callously profit by fueling the epidemic of opiate addiction will face stern prison sentences when their products prove deadly.”

Spann will likely be sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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