2,000 bags of heroin/fentanyl seized, man convicted of drug delivery resulting in death

PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A jury verdict convicted a man in the death of a victim who died of an overdose after was found with over 2,000 bags of heroin/fentanyl.

Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin announced a jury convicted Kenneth Smith, 42, of Honesdale in the death of a Pike County resident in April 2020.

After a two-month-long investigation into the death of a person from Dingman Township, police say they learned of a supplier who allegedly brought fentanyl to Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Investigators said Smith would bring a large quantity of heroin/fentanyl from New Jersey to NEPA during the overnight hours. On June 25 he was caught driving a rental car to a hotel in Milford Township where 2,300 bags of suspected heroin/fentanyl were seized.

Eventually, Smith was linked to the delivery of fentanyl that caused the death of the victim in April 2020.

Smith was converted on the following charges;

• Drug delivery resulting in death
• Criminal conspiracy to commit drug delivery resulting in death
• Possession with intent to deliver fentanyl
• Criminal conspiracy to commit possession with intent to deliver fentanyl

Smith was convicted after a four-day trial in Pike County Court.

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