Officers called for a fatal overdose in an Easton home found evidence of a crack and marijuana dealing business inside, city police said.
Police said they were called Nov. 12, 2017, to the home at 355 W. Nesquehoning St. for an unresponsive male and found a man dead of a possible overdose.
Malik Williams, 19, died of an accidental overdose of synthetic fentanyl and marijuana, Northampton County Coroner Zach Lysek said.
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Detectives said there was a strong odor of marijuana in the home, as well as a digital scale, blunt wrappers and marijuana in a locked room that belonged to Taris Choice, who owns the property.
Police applied for a search warrant for the home, and said they later found amounts of crack and marijuana consistent with selling the drugs, as well as a digital scale and glassine baggies.
Charges against the 43-year-old Choice weren’t filed until Jan. 23, and he was arraigned in the case on Tuesday.
Choice is charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver, and a single count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
He is free after posting 10 percent of $15,000 bail. Choice’s attorney, Steve Mills, was out of the office Wednesday afternoon and could not be reached for comment on the case.