MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ – Dandre Tubbs, 33, of Manchester pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter for selling a deadly dose of fentanyl that killed a 35-year-old man in Manchester last summer.
According to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, on August 16, 2021, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to a residence for a report of an unresponsive 35 year-old male. Upon arrival, the Officers discovered that the male was already deceased from an apparent drug overdose.
“A subsequent investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit and Manchester Township Police Department Detective Bureau determined that Tubbs supplied fentanyl to the victim on August 15, 2021. A toxicology report confirmed the presence of fentanyl in the victim’s system. Based upon this toxicology analysis, the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the fentanyl found in the victim’s system were the cause of his death,” Billhimer said.
On August 19, 2021, Tubbs was arrested by Officers of the Manchester Township Police Department during a motor vehicle stop. He has been lodged in the Ocean County Jail since the date of his arrest.