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AG's office announces drug arrests in Beaver County

BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. — A Beaver County man is facing charges for allegedly selling fentanyl-laced drugs to two people who died of overdoses.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office charged Robert “Juice” Goosby, Jr., 27, of New Brighton with two counts of drug delivery resulting in death, a first-degree felony with a penalty of 40 years in prison.

It’s the first time the attorney general’s office filed this charge in Beaver County. Cases in neighboring counties, including Allegheny and Westmoreland, involve that charge.

The case started on Feb.10, when police said Jonathan Levitt died of an overdose in his North Fayette Township home. An autopsy showed Levitt died of a fentanyl and amphetamine overdose.

Investigators say a second victim, Jeffrey Haslett, was found dead of a fentanyl overdose in his New Brighton home on Feb. 28.

Investigators said a joint investigation led police to Goosby as the source of the fentanyl that killed both Levitt and Haslett. A grand jury recommended charges against Goosby.

“If you sell drugs and someone dies as a result, we’re coming after you and you’re going to jail,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said at a press conference at the Beaver County Courthouse. “Selling fentanyl or heroin is like playing Russian roulette: You never know when the bullet is coming.”

WPXI'S Amy Marcinkiewicz is talking with the families of the victims. Hear their stories coming up on Channel 11 News beginning at 5 p.m. 

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Shapiro also charged 22 other alleged drug dealers with selling heroin, cocaine and other drugs in the Beaver County area.

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The following people have been charged with delivery of a controlled substance and other drug-related offenses:

  • Dennis Alexander, 21, of Beaver Street, Leetsdale
  • Jeffery Alford, 22, of 5th Avenue, New Brighton
  • Michael Bentel, 42, of 4th Avenue, Beaver Falls
  • Jamal Boyd, 29, of 4th Avenue, Beaver Falls
  • Jeremiah Collington, 24, of Strawberry Alley, New Brighton
  • Ayende Crawford, 27, of 12th Street, Beaver Falls
  • Gregory Conrad, 29, of 24th Street, Beaver Falls
  • Brandon Graham, 34, of 8th Avenue, Beaver Falls
  • Autumn Griffin, 29, of 1st Street, New Castle
  • Kelly Guilford, 22, of 9th Avenue, Beaver Falls
  • Joshua Heck, 31, of 3rd Avenue, New Brighton
  • Scott Humphries, 33, of Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa
  • Blake Imbriale, 29, of Darlington Road, Beaver Falls
  • Thomas Jackson Jr, 24, of Glenwood Avenue, Ambridge
  • Charles Jones, 38, of W. 1st Street, Oil City
  • Ralph Knowlton, 54, of Patterson Avenue, Beaver Falls
  • Conrad Newman, 48, of 3rd Avenue, New Brighton
  • Tyawana Price, 34, of 8th Avenue, Beaver Falls
  • Joseph Rinaman, 32, of Morado Dwellings, Beaver Falls
  • Cordell Sain, 25, of Indiana Avenue, Monaca
  • Marquis Smith, 24, of Melrose Avenue, Ambridge
  • Ian Stewart, 31, of Center Street, Rochester

According to the attorney general’s office, Beaver County has been one of the counties hardest hit by the heroin and opioid epidemic. There has been a 175 percent increase in overdose deaths in the county in the last year, ranking it third in the state for opioid fatality rate.

Shapiro’s office also announced a series of roundtable discussions on the state of the heroin and opioid epidemic in western Pennsylvania.

Here are the locations and times:

Butler Roundtable Discussion with local officials

  • Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 1:30 p.m.
  • Butler Township Building, 290 South Duffy Road, Butler, PA 16001

Westmoreland Roundtable Discussion with local officials

  • Wednesday, August 30 at 4:30 p.m.
  • Westmoreland Development Council Board Room, 40 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, 5th Floor, Greensburg, PA 15601

Johnstown Roundtable Discussion with EMT workers, first responders and local officials

  • Wednesday, Aug.  30 at 7 p.m.

West End Ambulance Station, 175 Garfield Street, Johnstown, PA 15906

 

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