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Atlantic City man gets 11 years in fatal 2023 overdose

William Jenkins


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An Atlantic City man who admitted to selling drugs responsible for a fatal overdose was sentenced to 11 years in prison earlier this month.

William Jenkins, 29, pleaded guilty in July to first-degree strict liability for causing the drug-induced death of the 44-year-old man identified only as B.F. The victim was found unresponsive with a needle in his arm inside a car parked in Atlantic City on July 5, 2023.

Eight days later, Jenkins brought Narcan when he sold fentanyl to a woman, warning her that it could be from the same batch that killed B.F., who the woman said was a friend of hers.

“I just started grabbing shit again, and if it’s the same … I’m thinking of, I told him to do half a bag and he f------ OD’d,” Jenkins allegedly told her.

The woman was not the victim's friend. Instead, she was an undercover officer, and Jenkins was arrested.

Inside his pants pocket, investigators located a long straight-blade knife which was consistent with a dagger, leading to a weapon charge.

He was jailed on the drug and weapon charges at that time. Jenkins was charged in the death in January, and held after a second detention hearing. He already had been kept in jail after the earlier hearing.

Jenkins also pleaded guilty to third-degree distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon. 

He must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence — or about nine years and four months — under the No Early Release Act.

Jenkins remains in the Atlantic County Justice Facility pending transfer to state prison.

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Lynda Cohen

BreakingAC founder who previously worked in newspapers for more than two decades. She is an NJPA award-winner and was a Stories of Atlantic City fellow.

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