Delco Woman Sold Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Heroin: DA

BOOTHWYN, PA — A Delaware County woman is accused of selling a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a woman in 2017, authorities said.

Delaware County District Attorney Katayoun Copeland said Ashley Lynn May, 33, of Boothwyn, was charged with felony drug delivery resulting in death, involuntary manslaughter, felony delivery of a controlled substance, and felony illegal use of a communication facility.

May is accused of dealing fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the fatal overdose of a 35-year-old Boothwyn woman on Nov. 8, 2017.

May is currently in police custody for an unrelated matter and was arraigned on October 29.

She is being held after failing to post 10 percent of $1 million bail. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 12.

On November 8, 2017, at 1:41 p.m., the Upper Chichester Police Department and EMS responded to a residence on the unit block of Mulberry Street in Boothwyn, Upper Chichester, for a medical emergency where a 35-year-old victim was found and pronounced deceased at the scene.

Located next to the victim were three blue glassine bags containing white powder, one open blue glassine bag containing white powder that was half empty, a cell phone, a bag containing syringes, and an ATM receipt dated Nov. 8, 2017, at 8:55 a.m. from an ATM in Boothwyn.

The blue glassine bags were submitted to the laboratory for testing and were determined to contain heroin and fentanyl.

Dr. Khalil Wardak conducted a postmortem examination on the deceased victim and ruled the cause of death as drug intoxication, including fentanyl.

As the result of further police investigation, including a forensic examination of the victim’s cellphone found at the scene, it was established that May was the drug dealer who delivered the fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the victim’s death, the DA's office said.

Records, video surveillance, and witness testimony show that on Nov. 8, 2017, May arranged via cell phone to meet the victim to deliver the victim heroin, according to the DA's office

During the morning hours of Nov. 8, 2017, May picked the victim up and delivered to the victim four bags containing fentanyl laced heroin, which ultimately caused the victim’s overdose death, the DA's office said.

On Oct. 8, 2019, county detectives interviewed May.

During the interview, May admitted to picking the victim up and delivering to the victim three or four bags of heroin and then dropping the victim off near the victim’s residence on Mulberry Street, according to the DA's office.