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A Muncie woman faces 32 years in prison after being sentenced in Delaware Circuit Court Wednesday for dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death.
Indiana Lawyer reported in March that Kimberlee Twigg, 30, had pleaded guilty to the charge.
During the hearing, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Zach Craig stressed the point that the defendant’s actions were heinous, according to a news release.
Twigg had admitted that after she watched the victim die of the drugs she sold him, she continued to sell drugs for nine months until her arrest.
In January 2022, police were called to a home on Yale Avenue for a report of an overdose. There, they found Robert Zachariah Combs-York dead.
His family told investigators Twigg was at the scene when York died. They said Twigg was a drug user and may have been involved in his death.
A witness informed police that Twigg told him what happened, saying she and York were together on the night of his death. While at her residence, York reportedly asked Twigg if he could buy heroin from her, which he ingested nasally.
At some point, Twigg went to take a shower and heard York gasping. When she called and he did not answer, she found him overdosing. Then, she administered two doses of Narcan, she said.
She eventually contacted police and agreed to talk about York’s death.
After not showing up for the meeting, police spoke to her at her home, where she showed them a text from York’s friend claiming he provided the heroin that killed him.
Police soon discovered the text was fake and an attempt to place the blame on someone else. She was taken into custody, where she eventually admitted to investigators that York asked for heroin and she sold it to him for two dollars.
She said the heroin was bought from someone in Ohio and that she’s still dealing to a small number of people.
After the sentence was imposed Wednesday, Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Hoffman issued a news release that noted that nine drug dealers have been found guilty by Delaware County juries of dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death and two have pleaded guilty.
“The take away is this: if you deal drugs in Delaware County and one of your customers dies as result you will be held accountable,” Hoffman said. “The days of drug dealers preying on the weak and vulnerable are long gone. We will continue to aggressively prosecute these crimes.”
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