Alleged Paterson Drug Dealer Arrested: Charged with Selling Heroin that Killed a NY State Man

TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that an alleged Paterson drug dealer was arrested today on a first-degree charge of strict liability for drug-induced death for allegedly selling the heroin laced with fentanyl that killed a man in Warwick, N.Y., in October.

Shawn Flemmings, 33, of Paterson, was arrested without incident today on a warrant by members of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice and the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, who stopped him in a car in Paterson. He is being held in the Passaic County Jail with bail set at $100,000 full cash. The first-degree charge carries a sentence of 10 to 20 years in state prison. Flemmings is charged in connection with the death of Stephen Ference, 27, of Warwick, N.Y. Ference was found dead inside his home on Oct. 17 as a result of an overdose.