MAYS LANDING- Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced a 28 year-old Atlantic City man is facing multiple charges in connection to the fatal overdose of a 25 year-old Egg Harbor Township woman in October 2018 .
Kevin Green, 28, has been charged with multiple offenses including first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death, third-degree distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, and third-degree distribution of a controlled dangerous substance in a school zone. Egg Harbor Township Police Department assisted in this investigation.
These charges are related to the October 27, 2018 death of Samantha Moore, which occurred in Egg Harbor Township as a result of fentanyl toxicity. An investigation by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Drug Related Death Squad, revealed that Moore purchased the fentanyl from Kevin Green, in Atlantic City on the day she died. Green was taken into custody when arrested in Absecon on an unrelated matter. Green is in the Atlantic County Justice Facility pending a detention hearing, tentatively scheduled for Monday, Sept. 9, 2019.
Source: Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office