Two women are charged in connection with the drug overdose death of a Derry Township man in 2022.
The Trib reports that 35-year-old Ashley Kirkland of Blairsville was arrested yesterday, while an arrest warrant was issued for 44-year-old Melissa Alvarez of Blairsville. Both are charged with drug delivery resulting in death while Alvarez has an additional charge of drug possession. The two are charged with supplying the drugs that killed 30-year-old Aaron Lewis in August of 2022. Kirkland told authorities she and Lewis went to the hotel in Blairsville and bought drugs from Alvarez. They went home and Kirkland told police she later woke up to find Lewis unresponsive with an empty stamp bag next to him.
Kirkland is now in Westmoreland County Jail on $100,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for January 17th.
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