Crime & Safety
Dealer Charged In Overdose Death Of 49-Year-Old Hatfield Man: DA
Bags labeled "Bad Bunny" and containing lethal fentanyl and heroin have been traced to other overdoses in the region, police said.
HATFIELD, PA — A man who police said dealt lethal doses of heroin and fentanyl to a Hatfield man last September has been charged with drug delivery resulting in death, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office announced Monday.
Derrick Jackson, 58, of Philadelphia, faces numerous charges in connection to the death of 49-year-old Jason Evans.
The incident occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Evans was found dead inside his apartment on Penn Avenue in Hatfield, police said.
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Interviews, cell phone data, and video surveillance revealed to police that Jackson had sold Evans the drugs on Sept. 28, as well as on previous occasions, the DA's office said.
Small plastic bags labeled "Bad Bunny" containing heroin and fentanyl were found beside his body, according to authorities. Similarly labeled bags have a "deadly history" in the area; a Sellersville woman was found dead in her home in Dec. 2019 with these bags near her.
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"In pursuit of making money, this defendant left a wake of death and destruction behind,” District Attorney Kevin Steele said.
Bail for Jackson was set at $250,000, which he was unable post. A preliminary hearing is set for April 21.
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