Case DIH-2806

Adam S. Culp

State · Pennsylvania · Sentenced 2022

An Altoona, Pennsylvania, man who provided fentanyl-laced heroin, bought from Christopher Tremmel, to his 29-year-old best friend, who died of an overdose at a Juniata residence on March 28, 2017. The judge went below the mitigated guideline range, citing their friendship, his remorse and his military service.

Court
State, Blair County
State
Pennsylvania
Year of death
2017
Year sentenced
2022
Drugs
Fentanyl-laced heroin
Conduct
Intermediary
Relationship
Friend
Conviction
Drug delivery resulting in death; possession with intent to deliver; criminal use of a communication device; criminal conspiracy to deliver heroin
Plea or trial
Not reported in reviewed source
Sentence
12 to 24 months less a day (already served in the county prison) and 10 years of probation
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. altoonamirror.comJudge orders time served sentence in od death

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