A Paterson man has been charged in connection with a fatal overdose that occurred in April, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.
Gaston Navarro, 40, was charged on Aug. 20 with first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death and third-degree distribution of fentanyl, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced. At the time of the charges, Navarro was already in custody at the Bergen County Jail on an unrelated matter.
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Police responded to a residence in Garfield on April 24 around 6:43 p.m. for a medical emergency and found a 41-year-old man unresponsive. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities noted evidence of a possible overdose.
A joint investigation by detectives from the prosecutor’s office and Garfield police determined that the victim consumed a controlled substance containing a lethal dose of fentanyl. Navarro was later identified as the person who supplied the drugs.
Navarro remains at the Bergen County Jail, awaiting a detention hearing in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack.
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