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| Man charged in fellow inmate's fatal overdose |
| By Philadelphia Inquirer |
| Published: 10/04/2004 |
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A Camden County (N.J.) inmate has been charged with smuggling heroin into the jail and supplying it to another inmate, who then died from the effects of the drug. Jose J. Maldonado, 38, of the 2000 block of Howell Street in Camden, faces two drug charges as well as a charge of strict liability for a drug-induced death, a 1997 law that seeks to punish those who supply drugs to overdose victims. That charge carries a 20-year maximum sentence. Maldonado, whose bail was set at $200,000, originally was arrested on a drug charge and taken to the jail on Sept. 15. Authorities said he smuggled heroin into the jail in a body cavity. He has been charged with supplying heroin to Daniel Green, 31, of Camden. Green, a state prison inmate serving a seven-year sentence for aggravated assault and drug charges, was in the Camden County jail awaiting transfer to another state prison. He was found dead in his cell Sept. 17. |
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