A New Jersey man was arrested after his 12-year-old nephew fatally overdosed on fentanyl on a school bus. Investigators said the suspect had the boy clean drug paraphernalia at their home the weekend before his death.
Troy Nokes, 35, of Blackwood, New Jersey, was charged on March 21 with aggravated manslaughter, strict liability drug-induced death, maintaining a CDS production facility, employing a juvenile in a drug distribution scheme, endangering the welfare of a child, witness tampering, tampering with evidence, hindering apprehension, aggravated assault and other related offenses.
On January 24, Gloucester Township Police and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit were notified that Nokes’ 12-year-old nephew was found unresponsive on a school bus. The boy was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead a week later on February 1.
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