NJ Man Arrested In Connection With Heroin Overdose Death

PORT JERVIS, NY — Police have arrested a New Jersey man in connection with the heroin overdose death in Orange County. Investigators with the State Police and Port Jervis City Police Department arrested Patrick Shevlin, 28, of Montague, NJ April 23 and charged him with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony.

Police said the charge is based on an investigation into circumstances leading up to the suspected overdose death of a 30-year-old man in Sparrow Bush.

During the early morning hours of April 21, State Police were sent to a Sparrow Bush residence for an apparent heroin-related overdose.

Police said that Shevlin sold the narcotic to the victim prior to his death.

Shevlin was also charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, felonies.

Police said the charges result from his being found in possession of 270 individual packets containing heroin at the time of his arrest during the afternoon of April 21 on West Main Street in Port Jervis by Port Jervis Police and State Police.

Shevlin was arraigned in the Port Jervis City Court and sent to the Orange County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail, pending further court appearances.

The arrest stems from a joint investigation conducted by the State Police, the Port Jervis City Police Department, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The investigation into the death is continuing, and police and prosecutors are waiting for the results of an autopsy and toxicology analysis by the Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Image via Shutterstock.