Point Pleasant Boro Police Assist In Drug-Induced Death Probe

Four people were indicted this week in a strict-liability drug-induced death that occurred in January, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

A grand jury sitting in Ocean County indicted Curtis M. Geathers, 33, of Barnegat; Michael M. Tiedemann, 45, of Toms River; and Tiffany R. Coger, 35, of Seaside Heights with distributing a combination drug packaged in wax folds containing heroin and fentanyl to an individual between January 9th and 10th, according to the OCPO.

The ingestion of the drug resulted in that person’s death, according to the OCPO.

This indictment is the result of a collaborative investigation conducted by multiple law
enforcement agencies in Ocean County, including the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major
Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, Point Pleasant Boro
Police Department, Seaside Heights Police Department, Toms River Township Police Department,
Toms River Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team and the Ocean County Sheriff’s
Department’s Crime Scene Investigation Unit.

The investigation revealed that Geathers distributed a quantity of wax folds containing a combination of heroin and fentanyl to Coger and Tiedemann between the dates of January 5, 2019 and January 9, 2019, according to the OCPO.

On January 9, 2019, Tiedemann distributed a quantity of the wax folds that he had bought from Geathers to the victim. On the morning of January 10, 2019, the victim’s family discovered the victim unresponsive inside the home and contacted the police.

The victim was pronounced dead on January 12, 2019.

A fourth individual, Darnell D. Williams, 36, of Jackson, has been charged in this investigation with cocaine distribution. Williams is already lodged in the Ocean County Jail on other charges.