A Pleasantville man was sentenced to 21 years in prison Thursday in a deadly drug-trafficking network that included a Galloway Township man's overdose death.
Tamburelli was found dead inside his home Dec. 17, 2018, of what was determined to be a fatal combination of heroin and fentanyl.
Chapman must serve at least nine years before he is eligible for parole.
His co-defendants Tennille Lee, Theresa Lockhart and Ebony Chapman have all pleaded guilty, which was required for his plea to go through.
Lockhart, 37, of Millville, sold heroin to an undercover officer multiple times in January and February of 2018, for a total of more than five ounces of heroin, according to the charges.
Emery Chapman would set up the transactions, direct payment and schedule pick up from his supplier in Philadelphia, according to an investigation initiated by the Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA Task Force.
He provided heroin to co-defendant Brian Whitted, who admitted to providing it to Tamburelli.
Whitted, now 62, pleaded guilty in 2022, and is serving a sentence of 10 years for the strict liability death and five years for conspiracy. He is eligible for parole Sept. 1, 2028.
Lockhart and Lee, 47, of Atlantic City, each pleaded guilty to drug distribution charges under a plea deal that will recommend five years in prison.
Ebony Chapman, 43, of Absecon, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to
distribute. She is expected to be sentenced to probation.
The cases were investigated and prosecuted by the Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Unit of the
Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and the Liberty Mid-Atlantic DEA HIDTA Task Force.
