{"id":2850,"date":"2019-02-27T12:25:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T17:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2019-02-27T12:25:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T17:25:17","slug":"toms-river-man-charged-in-january-overdose-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2019\/02\/toms-river-man-charged-in-january-overdose-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Toms River Man Charged in January Overdose Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2851\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2851\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2851\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imageservlet-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Peter K. Paul (Photo: Ocean County Jail)\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imageservlet-2.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imageservlet-2-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imageservlet-2-336x420.jpeg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter K. Paul (Photo: Ocean County Jail)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Toms River man who was <a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2019\/02\/toms-river-man-charged-with-drug-offenses\/\">charged earlier this month<\/a> in connection with possession with intent to distribute Xanax and Suboxone pills is now facing a charge in connection with the overdose death of a 46-year-old township man.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Keith Paul was arrested Tuesday and charged with strict liability drug induced death and possession and distribution of fentanyl following an investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The charges stem from a call to police on Jan. 26, when Toms River officers were dispatched to a residence in response to an unresponsive 46-year-old male. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, said prosecutor\u2019s office spokesman Bryan Huntenberg. A subsequent investigation revealed that on Jan. 25, Paul sold pills to the victim, a statement said. A toxicology report later confirmed that the fentanyl found in the victim\u2019s system was the cause of his death.<\/p>\n<p>Paul surrendered himself to the Toms River Township police station and was transported to the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing, Huntenberg said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2019\/02\/toms-river-man-charged-in-january-overdose-death\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Toms River man who was charged earlier this month in connection with possession with intent to distribute Xanax and Suboxone pills is now facing a charge in connection with the overdose death of a 46-year-old township man. Peter Keith Paul was arrested Tuesday and charged with strict liability drug induced death and possession and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[793,794,102,786],"class_list":["post-2850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-police-fire-courts","tag-drug-induced-death","tag-drug-overdose","tag-fentanyl","tag-peter-keith-paul"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imageservlet-2.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}