Brownsville Cocaine Dealer Indicted for Fentanyl Drug Death in Ocean County

Charlie Dwyer

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A Brownsville Cocaine dealer has been charged for causing the death of another after law enforcement officials allege he knowingly sold a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced cocaine.

William Anderson, 57, of Browns Mills, was indicted by a grand jury in Ocean County on multiple drug charges on Wednesday.

According to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer, on February 28, 2019, patrol officers from the Toms River Township Police Department were summoned to the Pelican Inn for a report of an unresponsive male. 

“Upon arrival, Officers found a 29-year-old male apparently suffering from a drug overdose.  Officers immediately attempted life-saving measures.  EMS personnel arrived and were able to re-establish a pulse.  The victim was transported to Community Medical Center in Toms River, where he ultimately expired on March 2, 2019,” the Toms River Police Department reported at the time. “A further investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force and Toms River Township Police Department Detective Bureau determined that Anderson had supplied heroin and cocaine to a third party on February 27, 2019, which was ultimately supplied to the victim.”


Billhimer today said toxicology analysis received by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the presence of cocaine and fentanyl in the victim’s system. 

” It was determined through laboratory analysis that the controlled dangerous substances supplied to the victim and distributed by Anderson were, in fact, cocaine and fentanyl – matching the cocaine and fentanyl found in the victim’s system,” the prosecutor added. “Based upon the toxicology analysis, the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office opined that the cocaine and fentanyl found in the victim’s system was the cause of his death.  As a consequence, Anderson was charged with Strict Liability Drug Induced Death on August 20, 2021.”

  On August 24, 2021, Anderson was arrested by Detectives from the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and Pemberton Township Police Department.  He was transported to the Ocean County Jail, and later released as a consequence of New Jersey Bail Reform.

At this time, Ocean Count Court records show Anderson is not incarcerated.

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