Philly Man Tied To Montco Drug Overdose Death Faces New Charges

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man with ties to the death last year of a township resident has been indicted on federal charges related to firearms trafficking, police said.

Adair Jackson. 43, was arrested at his residence by ATF Agents and Abington detectives on the morning of Sept. 5, Lt. Steve Fink said.

Last September, Abington Police responded to a medical emergency in the 900 block of Rydal Road where they discovered a deceased 53-year-old man.

Detectives processed the scene and determined that the cause of death on Sept. 5 may have been related to a drug overdose, which was later confirmed in an autopsy.

Detectives were able to identify the deceased’s drug dealer, who was arrested two days later after a search warrant was executed at their home and drugs were recovered.

That dealer then led detectives to their source of supply, who was identified as Jackson, of the 100 block of Delphine Street in Philadelphia.

Abington Detectives worked in partnership with Jenkintown Police, Pennsylvania State Police, and the Montgomery County Detective Bureau, and on Sept. 29, 2023, executed a search warrant at Jackson’s residence.

Recovered during the search were drug paraphernalia and three firearms.

Those three firearms were linked to a gun trafficking investigation that extended from Pennsylvania to South Carolina.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case, and a federal grand jury indicted Jackson, charging him with firearms trafficking and possession of a firearm by a felon, Fink said.