More charges filed in drug delivery resulting in death case
Two Washington women are facing charges in connection to the sale of fentanyl that ended up killing a man.
Washington police charged Amber Joy Elcyzyn, 36, and Crystal Carson, 35, on Thursday with a felony of drug delivery resulting in death. The charges stem from the Oct. 4 overdose death of Sean Thomas Caldwell, 41.
Mt. Pleasant Township police initially charged John Stephen Backner in connection to Caldwell’s death in December.
According to court documents, the investigation was a joint operation between both police departments and the Washington County Drug Task Force.
Caldwell was found unresponsive in the bathroom of a home he shared with his mother in Hickory.
Investigators found text messages on his cellphone that suggest Backner sold Caldwell cocaine in Chartiers Township hours before he died. The Washington County coroner confirmed that Caldwell ingested fentanyl and cocaine.
Backner, 57, of Chartiers Township, told police that after Caldwell asked to purchase drugs, he went to obtain them from Elcyzyn in Washington. However, Elcyzyn informed Backner she needed to purchase the drugs from another party.
According to the criminal complaint, Backner told police he gave Elcyzyn $60 and watched her meet with Carson to make the exchange.
Backner is scheduled to appear in plea court at the Washington County Courthouse at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
There are active warrants for the arrest of both Elcyzyn and Carson.