Mercer County Man Pleads Guilty In Heroin/Fentanyl Deaths: Cops

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ - A Mercer County man has pleaded guilty in connection with the overdose deaths of two men he sold heroin/fentanyl to, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced.

Jonathan Porter, 27, of Trenton, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree strict liability homicide for the drug-induced deaths of 31-year-old Tuan Tran and 52-year-old David Hinckley, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Tran died of an overdose in Galloway on Sept. 24, 2017, and Hinckley died of an overdose in Somers Point on Oct. 19, 2017. Porter is currently in jail at the Atlantic County Justice Facility.

Porter faces 14 years in prison for each count, to be served concurrently at sentencing on Feb. 1, 2019. He would have to serve 85 percent of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole.

The attached image of Jonathan Porter was provided by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.