Case DIH-2531

Jonathan Paul Schufert

State · Pennsylvania · Sentenced 2020

A New Kensington, Pennsylvania, man who pleaded guilty in the overdose death of a 24-year-old Allegheny Township woman on June 28, 2018; police said he sold her the fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin. The negotiated term was reduced because of evidentiary issues, prosecutors said.

Court
State, Westmoreland County
State
Pennsylvania
Year of death
2018
Year sentenced
2020
Drugs
Heroin laced with fentanyl
Conduct
Commercial sale
Relationship
Not reported
Conviction
Drug delivery resulting in death and a related drug offense (plea)
Plea or trial
Plea
Sentence
4 to 8 years in prison
Found through
State prosecutor and news search, October 2026

This case was brought under Pennsylvania law. For what that law says, see Pennsylvania in the state law guide.

Sources

  1. naviga.triblive.comNew kensington man sentenced in fatal heroin overdose

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