Fairchance man convicted in drug overdose death
A Fairchance man convicted of giving an Ohio woman the drugs that killed her will be sentenced next week.
Casey Terrell Bollinger, 53, was convicted of drug delivery resulting in death for giving Charlene O’Neal drugs that included heroin, the synthetic opioid fentanyl and the veterinary sedative xylazine.
Court documents indicated O’Neal, 31, was staying at a hotel in South Union Township in July 2024 while she assisted her father on a construction job in the area. Her father hired Bollinger to assist with the job.
Police said a review of O’Neal’s phone showed conversations between her and Bollinger on July 2 that appeared to be arranging a meeting at a nearby grocery store. One of O’Neal’s children told police he went inside the store and returned to see Bollinger at the window of the car his mom was driving. The child told police he saw Bollinger hand his mother “something that was small, square and semi-clear in color,” according to court paperwork.
Emergency responders were later called to O’Neal’s hotel room, where she was in cardiac arrest due to a suspected drug overdose. She later died at the hospital.
Police found stamp bags of heroin when they searched O’Neal’s hotel room and her car.
At Bollinger’s home, police found stamp bags that matched the ones O’Neal had, police said. The complaint in the case indicated he confessed to meeting her at the grocery store.