GOSHEN – A 36-year-old Washingtonville man pled guilty in Orange County Court to manslaughter and criminal sale of a controlled substance in connection with the death of a man who was found dead in the Town of New Windsor on July 17, 2022.
An autopsy revealed that the man had died due to a fatal overdose of fentanyl.
At the time of his guilty plea, Timothy Lempicki admitted that he had sold the dangerous drug to the victim, He also admitted that at the time that he sold the drug, he knew, and consciously disregarded, a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the man might die from consuming fentanyl.
When sentenced in June, Lempicki may face two to six years in prison on manslaughter charge, and three years behind bars and two years of post-release supervision for the felony of criminal sale of a controlled substance.
Investigation into the death was conducted by police from Washingtonville and New Windsor, and Washingtonville for their arrest of Lempicki.
Since 2014, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office has been following the same protocols when assisting its law enforcement partners who are investigating fatal overdoses as they do in homicide cases.
