Suspected fentanyl dealer facing drug, assault charges | News

ATHENS BOROUGH — An Athens man is facing numerous charges after he allegedly sold another individual fentanyl, which led to two overdoses — one of which resulted in an automobile accident — within a 24-hour period last year.

Bradley Joe Lampman, 40, was charged by borough police with one count of felony-grade manufacture of controlled substances, one count of felony-grade aggravated assault, five counts of misdemeanor-grade possession of controlled substances, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to police, the incident in question began at approximately 5:30 p.m. on July 26 of last year when Lampman sold “dope” to another individual, who was under the impression that the substance was heroin.

In an August 2018 interview with police, the victim told officers that he then injected two baggies of the purported heroin, later determined by police to be fentanyl, in the bathroom of a local business and subsequently attempted to drive his truck. As a result of injecting the fentanyl, the victim overdosed and crashed his vehicle head-on into a tree.

Officers responded to the scene of that accident and discovered that the victim, who was initially unresponsive, appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance.

A search of the individual’s vehicle yielded 16 individually-wrapped clear plastic baggies of suspected fentanyl, a suboxone pill and two hypodermic needles.

In the August interview, the individual told police that, as a past user of heroin, he thought he could inject the two baggies of “dope” and drive his vehicle with little to no issue. He told police that he thought that the reason that he overdosed was only because he had been sober for so long.

After being released from the hospital following the July 26 crash, the individual informed police in the August interview that he then went home and was still in pain after some rest.

As a result, the individual reached out to Lampman again for more “dope,” and again went to Lampman’s residence at approximately 9 a.m. on July 27 — less than 24 hours after the crash — to purchase more “dope,” said police.

After purchasing the drugs from Lampman, the individual went to a local restaurant and injected two more bags of the drugs — again under the impression that the “dope” was heroin instead of fentanyl, police said. The individual related to police that he then woke up in the hospital.

Police added that the individual was also upset that he could have died from being sold a much stronger drug than what he thought he was purchasing.

On Aug. 31, 2018, police attempted to make contact with Lampman at his residence, and discovered numerous drugs and items of paraphernalia, including:

• Approximately nine grams of methamphetamine

• Approximately four grams of heroin

• Five bags of fentanyl

• Various drug paraphernalia

• $733 in U.S. currency.

Police added that it was apparent that Lampman was attempting to hide his distribution of narcotics, as evidenced by a false wall held together via Velcro and the presence of two security cameras outside his residence.

Police noted that officers concluded that Lampman was selling fentanyl to people under the idea that the substance was heroin.

Lampman was transferred from Chester County Prison on Monday and subsequently waived his preliminary hearing. He was remanded to the Bradford County Jail on non-monetary bail.